Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on), Ariadne Watching the Struggle of Theseus with the Minotaur, 1815 to 1820
- 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 | chains | hooves | knife | man | mythological creature | religious and mythological subject | stairs | veil | woman
- Associated People:
- Minotaur
Ariadne
Theseus - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9812
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British Vision - Observation and Imagination in British Art (Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2007-10-06 - 2008-01-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Catherine M. Gordon, British paintings Hogarth to Turner, Frederick Warne, London, 1981, p. 19, ND466 G67 (YCBA) [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) [YCBA]
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