Hercules Killing the Mares of Diomedes
Henry Fuseli
1800/05
Medium
Pen and black ink, with brush and black wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
50.4 × 38.6 cm (19 7/8 × 15 1/4 in.)
Classification
pen and ink drawings
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84467
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...