The Fairy of the Fountain

William Etty (1787 - 1849)

Tate Collection

1787 - 1849

A nude woman stands in a stream; her head turned to the right. Her raised left arm holds the branch of a tree. A little lower, a white dove sits on another branch, while on the bank we see a minute Cupid with gossamer wings. Green drapery is suspended on a tree above, against distant blue hills.

• Medium: oil
• Dimensions: 69 x 51 cm
• ArtFunded in: 1925
• Presented by Executors of Lord Levehulme through The Art Fund

Provenance

Collection of Leverhulme

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