Painting of a kneeling woman in a grey gown beside a sleeping red-haired child on a pale cloth, in a dark cave-like setting with mist.

Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos (?)

A woman with long hair kneels in a grey-green gown beside a sleeping, red-haired child stretched on a pale cloth in a shadowy, cave-like setting. A raised arm enters from the left while pale mist and a faint figure swirl at the right, in loose dark oil brushwork with glowing highlights.

Artist: Henry Fuseli
Date: 1787
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Size: 1920 × 1545 px

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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1787; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos (?)

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