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Henry Fuseli RA (/ ˈ f juː z ə l i, f juː ˈ z ɛ l i / FEW-zə-lee, few-ZEL-ee; [1] [2] [3] German: Johann Heinrich Füssli [ˈjoːhan ˈhaɪ̯nʁɪç ˈfyːsli]; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain.
The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli.It shows a woman with her arms thrown below her, in deep sleep as she undergoes a nightmare as an almost hidden horse (the "night-mare") looks on as a demonic and ape-like incubus crouches on her chest. [1]
Dido is an oil on canvas painting by the Swiss-British artist Henry Fuseli, created in 1781.This mythological work represents Iris preparing to cut the hair of the corpse of Dido, the queen of Carthage, who lies bare-chested, with a bloody sword at her side, after committing suicide.
Britomart Delivering Amoretta from the Enchantment of Busirane is a 1824 oil painting on canvas by Swiss painter Henry Fuseli.It depicts a scene from Edmund Spenser's poem The Faerie Queene in which the female knight Britomart frees Amoretta, a beautiful woman, from her captivity at the hands of Busirane, an evil sorcerer.
The Vision of Catherine of Aragon, or Queen Catherine's Vision, is a painting in oils on canvas by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli, created in 1781. The work is held at the Lytham St Annes Art Collection, in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. [1]
The Oath on the Grütli, also known as The Oath of the Three Confederates on the Rütli, is an oil on canvas painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli, created in 1779–1781. It was commissioned by the city of Zürich, and is now held in the Kunsthaus Zürich. There are also several sketches and studies preserved in various museums around the ...
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