Showing posts with label William Etty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Etty. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

William Etty, ctd

 Study of a Female Nude

 The Fairy of the Fountain (1845)

 The Flower Girl (1830s)

 The Sirens and Ulysses (1837)

 The Ring (ca. 1835)

Venus and Cupid

 Venus and Her Satellites (Venus at Her Toilet)

 Venus and Cupid

 Woman at a Fountain (1840s)

 The Coral Finder - Venus and her Youthful Satellites (1820-48)

Candaules, King of Lydia, Shews his Wife by Stealth to Gyges, 
One of his Ministers, as She Goes to Bed (1830)

Friday, December 14, 2012

William Etty

William Etty (1787-1849) was best known for his paintings of nudes (one of the few English painters of his era to specialize in this particular subject).

 Bather Turned to the Right

 Britomart Redeems Faire Amoret (1833)
[depicting an incident from The Fairie Queene]

 Daydreams

 Hero, Having Thrown herself from the Tower 
at the Sight of Leander Drowned, Dies on his Body (1829)

 Louisa Vaughan

 Miss Mary Arabella Jay (1819)

 Musidora, The Bather 'At the Doubtful Breeze Alarmed' (ca. 1846)

 Seated Female Nude

 Standing Female Nude (ca. 1835-40)

 Standing Female Nude with Helmet (ca. 1835-40)

Study of a female nude, from behind