Fuessli und Bodmer (Fuseli and Bodmer in Conversation)
Medium
Outline engraving and etching
Dimensions
Plate: 12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in. (32 × 25.2 cm) Sheet: 19 3/16 × 13 9/16 in. (48.8 × 34.5 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Jenny Philippsohn, in memory of Siegfried Philippsohn, 1955
Accession Number
55.526.3
Tags
About the Artist
Henry Fuseli|Johann Heinrich Lips|Henry Fuseli
Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli in Zürich, was a Swiss-British painter whose visionary works exploring dreams, nightmares, and psychological terror made him one of the most original figures of the Romantic movement. His art bridged Neoclassical discipline with Romantic emotionalism, creating images of supernatural intensity that would influence artists from William Blake to t...