The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air by Henry Fuseli

Etching of a flying female figure with snake-like hair and a crescent moon, holding a chalice and a staff, surrounded by sphe

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This etched print shows a winged or airborne female figure with serpentine locks and a crescent moon on her head, holding a chalice in one hand and a long staff in the other. Her billowing drapery and the scattered spheres around her convey motion through the air. The work is titled The Mighty Mother Sails Through the Air, is attributed to Henry Fuseli, and is dated 1787.

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1787

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Public domain