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Henry Fuseli

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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

Oil sketch of three muscular male figures raising arms and a sword against a teal dramatic sky.

Sketch for "Oath on the Rütli" (recto), Female Figure (verso)

1779-81 (recto); 1785-90 (verso)

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

Painting of a pale winged figure with a raised spear beside a shadowy monster, with serpents and bones on dark ground.

Satan and Death with Sin Intervening

1799

Painting of a reclining nude woman on a couch, with a clothed woman at a piano in a dim interior behind her.

Laying Nude and piano player

1799

Painting of a glowing fairy woman reaching over a sleeping man, with a winged figure in shadow at left.

Prince Arthur and the Fairy Queen

1788

Oil painting of a nude male figure reclining in shadow while a glowing winged figure with a spear descends above him.

John Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan and the Birth of Sin (Book II, 746-758) Painting no. 6 from The Milton Gallery

1771

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

Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)

1770-78

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 startled man and a woman recoiling from a pale ghostly figure in old dress before a glowing light.

Gertrud, Hamlet und der Geist des Vaters

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 sleeping woman in a dark bedchamber, with a winged figure, a nude man and shadowy creatures around her.

The Dream of Belinda

1780

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

Dark painting of a nude woman embracing a man with a donkey head, surrounded by fairies and winged spirits.

Titania and Bottom

1790

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

Loose oil sketch of three muscular figures raising arms under a blue sky, one holding a sword, by Henry Fuseli.

Sketch for "Oath on the Rütli," Female Figure (verso)

1779

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.

Leonore upptäcker Alonzos dolk

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 nude Thor raising a hammer against a coiled sea serpent while a giant fishes from a boat in dark seas.

Thor fighting the mighty worm Jormundgandr at fishing trip with a giant

1790

Painting of a woman kneeling beside a sleeping infant in a dark cave, with a stormy sea and a figure in waves behind.

Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos (?)

1785

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

Brown ink drawing of a nude woman seated on a cloud above a bed, with draped figures and reclining nudes below.

The Daughters of Pandareos

1795

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

Two men in conversation in a dark interior, one in a red coat, with a bearded figure looming behind them.

Johann Heinrich Füssli im Gespräch mit dem Zürcher Historiker und Literaten Johann Jacob Bodmer

1781

Painting of a seated woman with ringlets and crescent headpiece, surrounded by small fairies, a silver ewer and a grinning fa

Fairy Mab

1815

Two women lift linen over a bearded man's head in an interior with a mirror; a figure peers in from the right.

Fallstaff im Wäschekorb

1792

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

Half-length portrait of a woman in a red dress and sash against a dark background, hands clasped, gazing to the side.

Portrait of Magdalena Hess from Zurich

Dark painting of a knight raising a sword as a pale kneeling woman grips his arm, with ghostly faces in the shadows.

Parcival befreit Belisane von den Zaubereien des Urma

1783

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

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