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Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli
by John Flaxman
Provenance
Sold by the Fine Art Society, London, to Walter A. Brandt (1902–1978), Apr. 1966; by descent, to 2023 [according to Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, 2023]; sold through Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker, London, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2023.
Publications
David Irwin, John Flaxman 1755–1826: Sculptor, Illustrator, Designer (London: Rizzoli, 1979), p. 14. Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., Night Thoughts: Romantic Drawings from the Brandt Collection (London: Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd., 2023), pp. 28–31 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- John Flaxman / British, 1755-1826
- Date
- c. 1783
- Medium
- Pen and black ink and brush and black ink wash, with touches of pen and brown ink, on ivory laid paper
- Dimensions
- 34 × 47 cm (13 7/16 × 18 9/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- prints and drawing
- Place
- Great Britain
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Regenstein Endowment Fund
- Accession no.
- 2023.3177
More by John Flaxman in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00006239
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