
Joseph Severn1793–1879Mag men het zien?
Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk
ZaalPaintings, Room 82, The Edwin and Susan Davies Galleries
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Severn took the image from Shakespeare's play, The Tempest, where the mischievous sprite Ariel sings:
There I couch when owls do cry.
On a bat's back I do fly…
He was a close friend of the poet John Keats in Rome, where this work was painted. He exhibited several paintings of Ariel at the Royal Academy. There is another in the V&A collection (see 1416-1869).
Victoria and Albert Museum