Mother and Her Family in the Country
Henry Fuseli
1806/07
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...