Titania liebkost Zettel mit dem Eselskopf

1793-1794

Henry Fuseli1741 Zürich – 1825 Putney Hill/London
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Second painting for Woodmason's Shakespeare Gallery, cf. inv. 1984/56. In the background two fairies as ladies-in-waiting in contemporary costumes, on the right Cobweb in knight's armor killing a bee and getting hold of the honey bag. Pease-Blossom scratches Bottom's head, the group is surrounded by dancing and music mkaing fairies, observed by Puck in the upper right corner and all as described in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (III, 1). Engraved in 1794 by Richard Rhodes, see David H. Weinglass: Prints and engraved Illustrations by and after Henry Fuseli. A catalogue raisonné (Aldershot 1994) no. 133.
Also known as
Titania erwacht, von aufwartenden Fairies umgeben und in Verzückung an den eselsköpfigen Bottom geschmiegt Titania, Bottom and the Fairies Titania enlaçant Bottom à la tête d’âne
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 169 x 135 cm
Inventory number
2543
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, 1941