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Henry Fuseli

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Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) was a Swiss-born painter who worked in Britain, known for dark, dramatic scenes from literature and dreams, above all The Nightmare. Read more

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Painting of a hag in a black cloak beside a sleeping nude woman, with a raised dagger and winged spirits in a dark sky.

The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches

1796

Bearded prophet with staff stands above a crouching man with a sword, with pale ghostly figures swirling behind them.

Tiresias appears to Ulysses during the sacrifice

1780

Painting of a wide-eyed woman in a yellow gown holding a candle, with two figures in shadow behind her in a dark room.

The sleepwalking Lady Macbeth

1780

Dark painting of witches and a crouching figure with a winged demon above, from Ben Jonson's masque, by Henry Fuseli.

Scene of Witches, from "The Masque of Queens" by Ben Jonson

1785

Painting of a young woman writing at a desk beside a seated woman, while an elderly man in a dark chair gazes upward.

Milton Dictating to His Daughter

1794

Painting of a sleeping woman with a demon crouching on her chest and a horse head peering through red curtains.

The Nightmare

1781

Painting of an old bearded man pointing in anger at a kneeling young man covering his ears, with two women in grief.

Oedipus Cursing His Son Polynices

1786

Oil portrait of a woman with high dressed hair, blue ribbons, red bodice and plaid sash against a dark background.

Portrait of Maria Hess

1778

Titania embraces Bottom, a man with a donkey's head, surrounded by fairies in a dark, dreamlike night scene.

Titania liebkost den eselköpfigen Bottom

1793

Painting of a white-haired old man pointing in anger at a kneeling young man in yellow, with two women nearby in a dark setti

Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices

1786

Painting of a tall white-robed figure raising an arm beside a seated man embraced by a veiled woman in a dark setting.

Die Tugend ruft die Jugend zurück (aus den Armen der Sünde)

1806

Painting of a knight raising a sword beside a woman in white, with a hooded figure and glowing faces in the dark background.

Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma

1783

Painted head of a man with closed eyes and dark hood against a warm ochre ground, after Dante's Inferno.

Head of a Damned Soul from Dante's "Inferno," (verso)

1770

Painting of a nude woman embracing a clinging child against a dark background, by Henry Fuseli, 1800.

Tekemessa and Eurysakes

1800

Haloed figure rising above a table as two men lean toward it in a dark, dramatically lit scene.

Christ Disappearing at Emmaus

1792

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a red-draped couch with a winged figure descending above her in dramatic light.

Dido

1781

Dark painting of a ghostly rider on a black horse with a sword, a nude woman recoiling, and a terrified man in a forest.

グイド・カヴァルカンティの亡霊に出会うテオドーレ

1783

Oil painting of a reclining woman in white raising her arm beside a man in a turban and red sash with a dagger.

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Painting of a sleeping woman in white with a crouching demon on her chest and a horse head emerging from dark curtains.

The Nightmare

1790

Painting of a seated woman, a standing woman, and a bearded man in a dark interior holding a small child.

Thetis bittet Hephaistos, für ihren Sohn Achilleus eine Rüstung zu schmieden

1803

Painting of a nude man on a small boat facing monstrous winged creatures above a dark cliff and turbulent sea.

Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis(See also separate articles: Scylla and Charybdis)

1794

Arched painting of a white-gowned woman reaching upward beneath a veiled figure, with a lion and nude figure below.

Euphrosyne vor der Phantasie und der Temperantia (Mäßigkeit)

1799

Pale draped female figures float through a dark, dreamlike space, some holding lamps, by Henry Fuseli, 1781.

The Dream of Queen Katherine (Shakespeare, Henry VIII, Act IV, Scene 2)

1781

Pen and wash drawing of two winged angels flying, one striking a crouching figure below with a spear, rocky landscape and a l

Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear

1776

Sepia drawing of a nude man standing by a bed with a reclining veiled woman, a hooded watcher, and cherubs behind.

The Discovery (recto), Two Sketches of Standing Male Figures (verso)

1767/69

Loose wash sketch of a reclining female figure on a couch, one arm raised toward swirling smoke, in brown and pink tones.

Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso)

c. 1781

Brown wash drawing of a nude man lurking in an archway beside a funeral scene with a woman raising her arm.

The Duke of Gloucester Lying in Wait for Lady Anne at the Funeral Procession of Her Father-in-law, King Henry VI (rec…

1760/67

Pen and ink sketch of a helmeted muscular warrior seated with his chin on his hand, resting on a large shield.

Seated Warrior (recto); Striding Warrior (verso)

n.d.

Pencil and wash drawing of a ghostly figure, a nude man, a fleeing woman and dogs in a dark forest.

Theodore Meets in the Wood the Specter of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti, Chasing with Mastiffs His Former Disdainful…

1783

Pencil studies on two torn paper strips: a draped cloth at top left and a reclining figure resting its head on an arm.

Studies of Nudes

n.d.

Pen and ink drawing of a woman in a draped gown reclining on a couch beside a curtain and plant, by Henry Fuseli.

Evening Thou Bringest All

1803

Sketch of three skeletons in shrouds looming over a chaotic bacchanal of writhing figures, drawn in pencil and wash.

Triumph of Death: Three Skeletons Invading a Bacchanal Orchestrated by a Magician or an Evil Demon

1770-71

Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) was a Swiss-born painter who worked in Britain, known for dark, dramatic scenes from literature and dreams, above all The Nightmare. Browse 62 works by Henry Fuseli from 19 museums, free to download in HD.