Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on)
Title:
Ariadne Watching the Struggle of Theseus with the Minotaur
Date:
1815 to 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Brown wash, oil, white gouache, white chalk, gum and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 24 3/8 × 19 3/4 inches (61.9 × 50.2 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6171
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
arches | stairs | man | religious and mythological subject | veil | hooves | chains | woman | knife | mythological creature
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13)
Publications:
Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 19, ND466 G67 (YCBA)Robert Hoozee, British vision : observation and imagination in British art, 1750-1950, , Mercatorfonds Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels , Ghent, 2007, p. 339, no. 227, fig. 227, N6767 B78 2007 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)