The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3)

The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3) by Henry Fuseli|John Raphael Smith|John Raphael Smith|William Shakespeare

Medium

Mezzotint

Dimensions

sheet: 18 1/16 x 21 7/8 in. (45.8 x 55.5 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959

Accession Number

59.570.361

Tags

ShakespeareMacbethWomenWitches

About the Artist

Henry Fuseli|John Raphael Smith|John Raphael Smith|William Shakespeare

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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