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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

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

The Nightmare

1781

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

The Dream of Belinda

1780

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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 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