# Athena and the Winds

**John Flaxman** (English, 1755–1826)  
n.d.  
Pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper  
21.1 × 29.5 cm (8 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1919.2141. [The museum's record](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/77249).

## About this work

John Flaxman painted this (n.d.), aged about 20. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

### What you’re looking at

A work made of pen and black ink, over traces of graphite, on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper.

_Description from the Art Institute of Chicago._

### How it was made

- **Graphite.** Pencil. Graphite has been used for drawing since the 1500s; in 1795 Nicolas-Jacques Conté mixed it with clay, so its hardness could be graded.
- **Pen and ink.** Drawn with a quill or reed pen, often with wash added by brush to model light and shadow.

### [John Flaxman](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/john-flaxman)

English, 1755–1826

Flaxman trained at the Royal Academy Schools and first made his name modelling designs for Josiah Wedgwood’s jasperware. During seven years in Rome he produced outline illustrations to Homer, Aeschylus and Dante, engraved and published to international acclaim; their pure, linear style influenced artists across Europe. Back in London he became a leading sculptor of funerary monuments and the first Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

## Facts

- Type: Drawing and Watercolor
- Culture: England
- The artist was about 20
- Real size: about 8½ × 11 in (21 × 29 cm). The 8 × 10 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 18th century
- Colour: white
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/199/1920.jpg
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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3

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