Henry Fuseli
A Woman Standing, Attending to a Man, with a Standing Male Nude Seen from the Back
Artwork Detail
After Fuseli arrived in London, having left his home in Zurich in 1763, he showed a portfolio of his drawings to Joshua Reynolds. The latter was so impressed that he said that if he had been their author and were offered £10,000 a year not to practice as an artist, he would reject the offer with contempt. Reynolds’ praise was enough for Fuseli to give up his father’s dream of him being a preacher and throw himself into the task of perfecting his art.
- Title
- A Woman Standing, Attending to a Man, with a Standing Male Nude Seen from the Back
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- circa 1790-circa 1792
- Medium
- pen and brown ink with watercolour, body colour
- Dimensions
- 225 x 163 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
- Accession no
- 1965/56
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- On display
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