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Henry Fuseli
1741-1825
Frieze of Michelangelesque Figures
Pen and gray and brown ink, with gray wash, on paper.
5 x 16 1/5 inches (125 x 420 mm)
Purchased on the Herzog Fund.
1999.31
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Signed four times in pen and gray ink, "Fusili"; numbered in pen and gray ink, "24, 25, 26, 27"; signed on verso three times in pen and gray ink, "Fusili", and once in pen and gray ink, "Fusily"; numbered on verso in pen and gray ink, "20, 21, 22, 23".

Provenance: 
Harriet Jane Moore (1741-1825); by descent; sale, London, Christie's, 14 April 1992, no. 52, repr.; Agnew's, London; private collection, Switzerland; David Lachenmann, Munich.
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Moore, Harriet Jane, 1741-1825, former owner.

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Fuseli, Henry
School: 
Swiss
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints