The Changeling
Henry Fuseli
c. 1780
Medium
Charcoal and brush and gray wash, heightened with touches of white gouache, over traces of graphite, on ivory laid paper, laid down on white tissue paper
Dimensions
53.1 × 63.6 cm (20 15/16 × 25 1/16 in.)
Classification
charcoal
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
61544
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...