Male Figure with Left Arm Raised Seen from the Back, and Fragment of Old Man
1770/75
Medium
Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
57.3 × 46.2 cm (22 9/16 × 18 1/4 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84473
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...