Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)
Henry Fuseli
1761/1825 (recto); 1770/80 (verso)
Medium
Black chalk (recto), and black and white chalk on gray prepared ground (verso), on tan wove paper
Dimensions
40.5 × 28.8 cm (16 × 11 3/8 in.)
Classification
chalk
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
112756
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...