Henry Fuseli
Selene and Endymion


Artwork Detail
The Romans identified Selene the moon goddess with the huntress Diana, whose attributes are the crescent moon and the bow. The myth tells how Selene falls in love with Endymion, a handsome young shepherd prince who is granted immortality and youth in the form of eternal slumber. Selene visits him nightly as he lies asleep in the Latmian glade. Fuseli’s figure appears to toss and turn, perhaps made aware of his lover’s presence by his faithful sheepdog, whose back supports Endymion’s legs.
- Title
- Selene and Endymion
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1810
- Medium
- pen, pencil and watercolour
- Dimensions
- 373 x 302 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
- Accession no
- 1965/76
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- On display
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