Sleeping Woman with a Cupid
<p>In this etching by Fuseli, a work suffused with the eroticism the artist cultivated in his work, a hovering cupid with his bow approaches a sleeping woman. In the foreground, two butterflies mate. The word “Hush!” in Greek is inscribed on the column.</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1780
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.5 × 34.5 cm (8 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Plate: 27.8 × 38 cm (11 × 15 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 43.3 cm (12 11/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Henry Fuseli
Artist
Painting
Henry Fuseli was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his career in Britain.
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1810 · Oil and oil wash, over graphite and with touches of pen and black ink, on tan laid paper, laid down on off-white Japanese paper
Record
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- Henry Fuseli
- Year
- 1780
- Dimensions
- Image: 22.5 × 34.5 cm (8 7/8 × 13 5/8 in.); Plate: 27.8 × 38 cm (11 × 15 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 43.3 cm (12 11/16 × 17 1/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1780-100681
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- Status
- verified