Oberon träufelt Blumensaft auf die Augen der schlafenden Titania
1793–1794
on displayHenry Fuseli1741 Zürich – 1825 Putney Hill/London
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The fairy king Oberon drizzles the juice of a flower into the eyes of his estranged wife Titania so that she will fall in love with the first creature she encounters upon awaking (Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, II, 2). This will be the weaver Bottom, on whom Puck has put a donkey's head out of mischief (Scene III, 1; cf. inv. 2543).
Painted as the first painting for Woodmason's 'Shakespeare Gallery', in which various artists presented paintings of scenes from Shakespeare that were distributed through graphic reproductions. Fuseli's painting was engraved by Richard Rhodes in 1794, see David H. Weinglass: Prints and engraved Illustrations by and after Henry Fuseli. A catalogue raisonné (Aldershot 1994) no. 132.
Also known as
Oberon Squeezes the Flower on Titania's Eyelids
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 168 x 135 cm
Inventory number
1984/0056
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Vereinigung Zürcher Kunstfreunde, 1993