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The Wife of Bath's Tale (oil on canvas)

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USB392861
Image title
The Wife of Bath's Tale (oil on canvas)
Artist
Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825) / Swiss
Location
Petworth House, Sussex, UK
Medium
oil on canvas
Date
1812 AD (C19th AD)
Dimensions
90.8x60.6 cms
Image description

climax of Chaucer's story when the knight draws back the curtain to find the hag who saved his life transformed into a beauty; Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1345-1400); The Canterbury Tales; The Wife of Bath. Oil painting on canvas, A Scene from 'The Wife of Bath's Tale' (from the Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales') and Falstaff in the Laundry Basket mocked by Five Women. A scene from Chaucer's 'Wife of Bath's Tale' showing a woman reclining, left, with a man in the background holding apart the curtains.

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The Egremont Collection / National Trust Photographic Library/Derrick E. Witty / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
art / bed / furniture / nudity / Fuseli Henry (1741-1825) / painter / artist / Switzerland / Europe / Royal Academician / female / bedroom / revealed / male / Painting / Mzpainting
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Largest available format 4693 × 6101 px 5 MB
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Large 4693 × 6101 px 397 × 517 mm 5.1 MB
Medium 788 × 1024 px 67 × 87 mm 1.1 MB

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