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Henry Fuseli

62 works

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Pencil and wash drawing of a hooded seated figure in an arched niche, with a kneeling reader and a standing nude figure besid

The Spirit of Knowledge

1798

Print of Dante swooning as Virgil stands beside him, with the souls of Paolo and Francesca and a swirling crowd rising above.

Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side

c. 1818

Pen and ink drawing of a reclining woman beside a pedestal, with a flying cupid aiming a bow above her.

Sleeping Woman with a Cupid

1780/90

Pen and ink figure studies of muscular male nudes with raised arms, one showing detailed leg and torso anatomy.

Figure Studies (recto and verso)

c. 1800

Grey wash drawing of a winged figure lifting a limp male body while a draped woman reaches out, with sleeping figures nearby.

Aided by Eeriboia, Hermes Carries Off the Exhausted Ares from the Sleeping Sons of Aloeus (recto); Sketch of One of t…

1819

Bearded prophet with staff looms over a crouching man with a sword beside a slain animal, spectral figures in the sky.

Teiresias Foretells the Future to Odysseus

1770

Gray wash drawing of a sleeping shepherd below swirling winged female figures and cherubs among tree trunks.

The Shepherd's Dream

1786

Pen and ink drawing of a woman reclining on a sofa in an interior with a curtain and plant, seen from behind.

A Woman Sitting by the Window (“Evening Thou Bringest All”), from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

1802, published 1803

Pen and ink sketch of a stout man seated on a stool with two women pulling at him, surrounded by loose sketched forms.

Falstaff with Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Page (Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 5, Scene 5)

1790

Watercolor of a pale armored warrior on a rearing horse beside nymphs in glowing water and a hooded figure.

Hagen and the Nymphs of the Danube

1802

Sketch of a nude youth seated on rock reaching toward an eagle in clouds, with a Greek inscription at lower right.

The Rape of Ganymede

1804

Pen and brown ink drawing of a nude woman beside a seated man, with a curtain and winged figures in the background.

An Erotic Fantasy

1790/92

Graphite and red chalk drawing of a woman with upturned eyes and a draped cloak, on tan paper.

Portrait of a Woman (Martha Hess)

1781

Pen and ink study of a bearded prophet-like man in draped robes raising one arm, on a grey-toned sheet.

Study for the Prophet Jeremiah (recto); Studies of a Horse Seen from Below and of a Man Seated on a Chair, Probably a…

1764-70

Pen and wash drawing of muscular armored giants climbing a rocky cliff, with a nude figure at center and a seated figure abov

Titans Storming Mount Olympus

c. 1770-72

Grey wash drawing of anguished nude figures crowded under a dark arch, with a pale veiled figure in a niche above.

One Cycle of Hell

1750/1850

Brown wash drawing of a grieving bearded man seated in a dark stone tower beside a leaning figure and a sprawled body.

Ugolino and His Sons Starving to Death in the Tower

1806

Dark watercolor study of a robed woman raising a torch over a reclining figure, with a hooded figure with a dagger behind her

Study for Inquisition, Illustration to Columbiad

c. 1806

Portrait of a Young Lady Drawn in Left Profile

ca. 1778-79

Ink sketch of two muscular warriors with large round shields fighting, one raising a fist high, on pale paper.

Combat of Two Greeks

c. 1805

Brown wash drawing of a cave with a nude figure lying wounded, an old man beside him, and a knight and woman on a ledge.

The Cave of Despair

c. 1769

Ink and wash drawing of muscular Hercules raising a club while struggling with grimacing horses, attributed to Henry Fuseli.

Hercules Killing the Mares of Diomedes

1800/05

Grey wash drawing of a cloaked rider on a rearing horse below, with reclining and seated figures around a stone slab above.

Odin in the Underworld

1770/72

Brown wash drawing of a dead warrior on a shore, mourned by a draped woman in a rock niche, with a winged figure above.

Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles

1780

Brown wash drawing of a male figure with raised arm seen from behind, with a fragment of an old man's head at upper left.

Male Figure with Left Arm Raised Seen from the Back, and Fragment of Old Man

1770/75

Sketch of a nude youth seated on rock reaching toward a descending eagle, shaded in soft graphite on pale paper.

Heavenly Ganymede, from Specimens of Polyautography

1804 (published 1806-07)

Pencil sketch of two figures embracing, one seated in flowing drapery, with loose hatched shading on pale paper.

An Intimate Concert

1814

Grey wash drawing of a muscular nude man on a rock, arm raised defiantly toward a dark sky, with billowing drapery behind.

Satan Defying the Powers of Heaven

late 1790s

Brown wash drawing of two men in a cave gesturing toward a winged vision descending from the upper right.

Vision zweier Männer in einer Grotte

Pencil sketch of a large curved arch with faint ruins and scribbled landscape on pale paper.

Antique arch architecture