Henry Fuseli
Artwork Detail
This has been described as a personal allegory for Fuseli. Beauty (Aphrodite) is taking the artist (Paris) away from his struggles in London to the invigorating stimulation and wonders of Rome (Helen). The walls behind the figures are derived from engravings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who became a great admirer of Fuseli, placing his name on one of the tombs in an engraving of the Appian Way. The pose of the two figures comes from those of Castor and Eriphyle on the Meidias Vase (c410–400 BC) in the British Museum in London.
- Title
- Aphrodite carrying off Paris after his battle with Menelaus
- Artist/creator
- Henry Fuseli
- Production date
- circa 1768-circa 1769
- Medium
- pen with grey and pink wash
- Dimensions
- 218 x 178 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965
- Accession no
- 1965/52
- Copyright
- No known copyright restrictions
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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