A Family Addressed by Angels

John Flaxman, late 18th/early 19th century

The image is a sketch showing two figures seated closely together. Both figures are depicted from the waist up. One figure is leaning back slightly, while the other is sitting upright and looking upwards. · description from the collection

Collection data

Artist: John Flaxman ¹
Date: late 18th/early 19th century ¹
Medium: graphite on laid paper (back of a letter) ¹
Original: 3,129 × 3,503 px ¹
License: CC0 (National Gallery of Art Open Access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection

Object record, National Gallery of Art

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