Hannah Presenting Samuel to Eli
John Flaxman
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.)
Classification
prints and drawing
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
270369
About the Artist
John Flaxman · 1755–1826
John Flaxman (1755–1826) was born in York, England, the son of John Flaxman Sr., a moulder and seller of plaster casts who ran a studio in London's Covent Garden. Largely self-taught amid his father's stock of classical casts, with minimal formal schooling due to childhood illness, Flaxman displayed prodigious talent early on. At age 12, he won a Society of Arts prize for a medallion; by 15, anoth...