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Heavenly Ganymede

Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825)
1804
Object Place: England

Medium/Technique Crayon lithograph
Dimensions Sheet: 32 x 25.5 cm (12 5/8 x 10 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow Fund
Accession Number1999.596
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Man 65; Schiff 1346; Weinglass 172
DescriptionThough probably drawn in 1804 while Philipp Anrdé was still in charge of the Polyautography project, this stone was not published until 1807 when Volweiller had taken control.
ProvenanceHeinrich Vetter, Munich; transferred in 1949 by Vetter (as gift or by exchange) to the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich; deaccessioned in 1961 (probably by exchange) to R. Arnim Winkler , Berlin (1904-1989) (not in Lugt); K. T. Winkler (sold London, Bonham's, 6 May 1998, lot 9 (£1100 to Laube).