The Artist and His Wife
Robert Fagan
A painting, oil on canvas, entitled "The Artist and his Wife" (1803), by Robert Fagan. Fagan looks out towards the viewer and holds a pen and a book in his hand. His wife stands slightly behind him with her hand resting on his shoulder and looks towards him. She is shown à la Grecque (or topless), a style fashionable on the European continent, especially in Paris.
Date
19th century AD
Materials
Oil on Canvas
Size (cm)
H 66 x W 90
Location
First Floor
Collection
Hunt Museum Collection
Interpretive Video
Transcript
Robert Fagan was born in London in 1761. His father was an Irish baker. Even though Robert never visited Ireland, he thought of himself as Irish. He even painted a patriotic picture of a woman named M...
