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Henry Fuseli

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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

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 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

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 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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

Figure Studies (recto and verso)

c. 1800

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

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

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

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

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 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