Sleep, pursued by Jupiter, hides under Night. Sleep and Death carry the body of Sarpedon to Lycia.
Category
Stone
Date
1795 - 1829
Materials
Terracotta, lime render and mortar, cement
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 853267.20
Summary
Lower frieze panel showing scene from Homer's Iliad, modelled on Flaxman's illustrations. Sleep, pursued by Jupiter, hides under Night. Sleep and Death carry the body of Sarpedon to Lycia.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection (National Trust). Contents acquired in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund.