# Odysseus in the Underworld

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FLAXMAN, John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flaxman-john-r4867c5d4df39ef>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Pen, 229 x 298 mm

## Commentary

The English artist and sculptor John Flaxman had a lasting influence on the taste of his age. His outline drawings produced from the 1790s were considered brilliant illustrations of antique literature for their striking simplicity. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 13 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/17\_cent/monteverdi\_ulisse.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d&#39;Ulisse, Act I, Duet of Odysseus and Pallas Athene&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Related artworks

- [Inferno](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flaxman-john-r4867c5d4df39ef/inferno-rf0e015e3e43fc7>)
- [Monument to Agnes Cromwell](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flaxman-john-r4867c5d4df39ef/monument-to-agnes-cromwell-rb3c8619b233096>)
- [Monument to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flaxman-john-r4867c5d4df39ef/monument-to-vice-admiral-horatio-nelson-r970e0762f931dc>)
- [The Fight for the Body of Patroclus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flaxman-john-r4867c5d4df39ef/the-fight-for-the-body-of-patroclus-r879c6abeef9ccc>)
- [The Fury of Athamas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/flaxman-john-r4867c5d4df39ef/the-fury-of-athamas-rb6dfb5205e4330>)

## Attribution

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