Painting ID::. 62501 The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Antique Fragments 1778-79 Red chalk on sepia wash, 415 x 355 mm Kunsthaus, Z?rich The young Henry Fuseli, in the late 1770s, portrayed himself reduced to despair before the vastness of Rome's remains. Since he had spent eight years studying in the city, his awe was doubtless exaggerated, but it was also a premonition of the powerful emotions that were to be released in his art. Author: FUSELI, John Henry Title: The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Antique Fragments Form: graphics , 1751-1800 , Swiss , other Oil painting we have painted!

Johann Heinrich Fuseli:
1741-1825 Romanticism Swiss
The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Antique Fragments
1778-79 Red chalk on sepia wash, 415 x 355 mm Kunsthaus, Z?rich The young Henry Fuseli, in the late 1770s, portrayed himself reduced to despair before the vastness of Rome's remains. Since he had spent eight years studying in the city, his awe was doubtless exaggerated, but it was also a premonition of the powerful emotions that were to be released in his art. Author: FUSELI, John Henry Title: The Artist Moved by the Grandeur of Antique Fragments Form: graphics , 1751-1800 , Swiss , other