Satan Defying the Powers of Heaven
Henry Fuseli
late 1790s
Medium
graphite, black chalk, and brown and gray wash on laid paper
Dimensions
sheet: 42.2 × 27.7 cm (16 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Purchased as the Gift of Andrea Woodner
Accession Number
2015.10.1.a
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...