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...

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