Odin in the Underworld
Henry Fuseli
1770/72
Medium
Brush and gray wash and graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink and red chalk, on cream laid paper
Dimensions
58.6 × 44.4 cm (23 1/8 × 17 1/2 in.)
Classification
ink or chalk wash
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
84469
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...