Athena and Apollo persuade the Eumenides (Erinyes, Furies) to stop persecuting Orestes after he has been acquitted of matricide. Etching by T. Piroli, 1795, after J. Flaxman.

  • Flaxman, John, 1755-1826.
Date:
Jan. 12 1795
Reference:
2917962i
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An episode in the tragedy Eumenides by Aeschylus (the last play in the trilogy Oresteia). Right, the Furies depart holding torches downwards

Publication/Creation

London (No. 441 Strand) : Published for I. Flaxman by J. Matthews, Jan. 12 1795.

Physical description

1 print : etching ; platemark 20.3 x 40.9 cm

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Go to those sacred flames, they will conduct you. The furies 5. Judges. Orestes. Minerva. Apollo. Furies. Bears number: 27

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Wellcome Collection 2917962i

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