What medium is "Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)"?

Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso) is Oil on canvas.

Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)

Q: When was "Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)" created?

This artwork was created 1770–78.

Henry Fuseli

1770–78

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Edges irregular, approx.: 40.6 × 29.8 cm (16 × 11 3/4 in.); Framed: 52.3 × 41.6 cm (20 9/16 × 16 3/8 in.)

Classification

oil on canvas

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

116101

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...

Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)

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