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Mother and Her Family in the Country

Mother and Her Family in the Country by Henry Fuseli

Medium

Pen and black ink, and brush and black and gray wash, with watercolor and traces of white gouache, over graphite, on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

45.7 × 31.1 cm (18 × 12 1/4 in.)

Department

Prints and Drawings

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

94080

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...

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