Heavenly Ganymede, from Specimens of Polyautography
Henry Fuseli
1804 (published 1806-07)
Medium
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 31.5 × 24 cm (12 7/16 × 9 1/2 in.); Sheet: 38.2 × 27.9 cm (15 1/16 × 11 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
97683
About the Artist
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...