Martha Hess As Silence
Represented work of art
Artist
Henry Fuseli
Dimensions0.545 x 0.33 (22 1/2 x 13 inches)
Technique
- drawing (image-making)
Provenance
- Coll. Henry Reitlinger, Sotheby's, 26 May 1954 (460), Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, 30 November 1978 (74)
Exhibition history
- Drawings by Old Masters, Royal Academy of Arts London, 1953 (471)
Publication history
- Gert Schiff, Johann Heinrich Füssli, Zurich, 1973 (849) illus. Page 22, Vol. II. He also relates both these drawings (Il Silenzio and Silence) to the Portrait of Martha Hess (coll: Edward Croft-Murray, Esq. ,) She being the model for both these allegorical drawings. He also dates this drawing to between 1780 and 1790.
Photographic source
Object FormatPhotographic Print
Photograph Source
Sotheby's Auction House
Negative NumberM22056
Archival context
Object numberPA-F07802-0071
Archival context
- Fonds:Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive
- Series:Artists, A–Z
- Folder:Drawings not in Gert Schiff catalogue
- Item:Martha Hess As Silence
ClassificationsArchival Document
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