An Intimate Concert

1814

Henry Fuseli

Associated Names
Henry Fuseli

Artist, Swiss, 1741 - 1825

The image is a detailed pencil sketch depicting two figures, primarily showing their upper bodies and portions of their lower bodies. One figure is seated and embracing a large, stringed instrument similar to a lute or mandolin, which is resting on their lap. This figure appears to be gently leaning forward, their face featuring distinct curls cascading over the forehead, indicating curly hair, with facial features stooped and slightly angled downwards. The second figure is positioned close behind the first, intimately leaning over the shoulder of the first figure, and seems to be attentively observing either the player or the instrument. This figure has a head full of curls and a more defined outline of facial features. Both figures are clothed in flowing garments, with the fabric draping around them, indicating robes or classical attire. The background is plain, highlighting the soft shadows and lines of the figures, with faint sketched lines suggesting setting suggestions rather than clear details. There are no prominent accessories or jewelry visible on the figures.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 27.94 × 20 cm (11 × 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.71.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William Michael Rossetti and his wife, Lucy Madox Brown, London; by descent; (Christie's London, 28 November 2000, no. 35); (Jan Krugier); (sale, Sotheby's New York, 28 January 2015, no. 40; bought in); purchased 2015 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2005

  • The Third Eye: Fantasies, Dreams, and Visions, Richard L. Feigen & Co. and the Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, 2005 - 2006, unnumbered.

2023

  • Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: K. July 30.14

Watermarks

Golding / & / Snelgrove / 1811

Wikidata ID

Q64573764

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