John Flaxman
John Flaxman (6 July 1755 – 7 December 1826) was a British
sculptor and
draughtsman, and a leading figure in British and European
Neoclassicism. Early in his career, he worked as a modeller for
Josiah Wedgwood's pottery. He spent several years in Rome, where he produced his first book illustrations. He was a prolific maker of funerary monuments.
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