David and Goliath

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Title

David and Goliath

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Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Collection

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki

Description

pen and grey wash 343 x 311 mm - David and Goliath (in a later hand) Although preferring mythological themes to stories from the Bible, the notion of a mortal tackling a monstrous warrior [Samuel 1: ch. 17, verse 49] obviously proved most satisfying to Fuseli. The artist has reinforced the dynamic struggle between the duo with the diagonal lines...

Format

Image

Date created

circa 1790-1795

Creator

Henry Fuseli

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https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/3340

Related subjects

nudes / battles / Christianity / religious art / Romantic/European / Drawing

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