Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on)
Title:
Selling of Cupids
Date:
between 1775 and 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, red chalk and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 19 inches (31.1 x 48.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Watermark: J Whatman
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1982.8
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
wings | bench | selling | religious and mythological subject | basket | cloak | dresses | women | cherubs
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Last Days of Pompeii - Decadence, Apocalypse, and Resurrection (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012-09-12 - 2013-01-07)The Last Days of Pompeii - Decadence, Apocalypse, and Resurrection (The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013-02-24 - 2013-07-07)
Publications:
Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977-1986, Yale Center for British Art , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1986, p. 25, no. 84, fig. 15, N590.2 A7 OVERSIZE (YCBA)Duncan Robinson, Acquisitions : The First Decade 1977 - 1986, , Burlington Magazine, vol. 128, October 1986, p. 25, no. 84, fig. 15, N1 B87 128:3 OVERSIZE (YCBA)The last days of Pompeii, decadence, apocalypse, resurrection , The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2012, pp. 94-95, no. 4, N8214.5.I8 L37 2012 OVERSIZE (YCBA)