Aphrodite carrying off Paris after his battle with Menelaus

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Aphrodite carrying off Paris after his battle with Menelaus

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pen with grey and pink wash 218 x 178 mm - signed: Fuseli Pt 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 Pirane...

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Date created

circa 1768-circa 1769

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Henry Fuseli

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https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/3310

Related subjects

classicism / togas / mythology / myths / Neoclassical/European / Drawing

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