The Rape of Ganymede

1804

Henry Fuseli

Associated Names
Henry Fuseli

Artist, Swiss, 1741 - 1825

The image is a detailed pencil sketch of two figures. One figure is in the top left, leaning forward with an outstretched arm. This figure has curly hair and wears draped clothing. The second figure is in the lower right, reclined with one knee bent. This figure also has curly hair and is covered by a draped cloth. Both figures' expressions are intense. The background features textured shading for depth and movement, with contrast highlighting the figures' fluid positions. In the lower right corner, there is a stylized script inscription.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    crayon lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 31.1 × 24.4 cm (12 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1947.7.111

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Man 1962, no. 65

  • Series Title

    Specimens of Polyautography [1947.7.110-145]

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

[Walter Schatzki, New York]; purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1946; gift to NGA, 1947.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Paper in Prints, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1977, no. 130.

1988

  • Drawings on Stone: Early European Lithography, NGA, 1988.

Bibliography

1962

  • Man, Felix H. "Lithography in England (1801-1810)." In Prints, edited by Carl Zigrosser. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962: 116-130.

Inscriptions

upper right, in stone: HF; lower right, in stone: [inscription in Greek from book XX of "The Iliad"]

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65073248

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