Apotheosis of Homer

Wedgwood (English ceramics manufactory, 1759 to the present)

Flaxman, John (1755-1826)

Item type:

decorative art

Date of creation:

ca. 1786

Height:

49.5 cm  (19 1/2 in.)

Width:

25.4 cm  (10 in.)

Base height: 3.8 cm

Technique / Medium:

jasperware pottery

Description

Homer carrying a kithara.

People as subjects

Homer (active 8th or 9th century BCE)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Kithara [4940]

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 6 (108da82). RILM 1988-275.

Notes

According to Owens, this vase was modeled by John Flaxman (English sculptor, draftsman, and designer, 1755-1826).

RIdIM record id

1996