Head of a man and figure studies (recto). Minotaur with a maiden (verso)

Theodor Richard Edward von Holst British

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Holst, the son of a Latvian music master who settled in London in 1807, studied with Henry Fuseli in the 1820s, and shared his teacher's special interest in fantastic, macabre, and supernatural themes. The precise subject of the present sheet is unknown. Holst delineated the features of a long-haired young man in fine, silvery strokes of graphite, then turned the sheet ninety degrees and sketched a scene of balletic grace: a man in tight-fitting garments lifts a woman in flowing draperies above his head. (Variations of this subject appear on the verso.)

Head of a man and figure studies (recto). Minotaur with a maiden (verso), Theodor Richard Edward von Holst (British, London 1810–1844 London), Graphite

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Head of a man and figure studies (recto). Minotaur with a maiden (verso), Theodor Richard Edward von Holst (British, London 1810–1844 London), Graphite
Head of a man and figure studies (recto). Minotaur with a maiden (verso), Theodor Richard Edward von Holst (British, London 1810–1844 London), Graphite

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