Henry Fuseli
Artwork Detail
Here Fuseli illustrates a little-known part of Ixion’s story which is only found in Anthologia Palatina III: 12, a text that the artist may have discovered while in Rome between 1770 and 1778. King of the Lapiths in Thessaly, Ixion is more famous in many mythologies as the first man to murder a relative, by pushing his father-in-law into a pit of burning coals.
- Title
- Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelus in revenge of his mother, Megara, who, having refused them as suitors, was killed by them
- Artist/creator
- Henry Fuseli
- Production date
- 1810
- Medium
- pen and black ink, with grey, pink and green wash
- Dimensions
- 254 x 196 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
- Accession no
- 1965/59
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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