Artworks · Johann Melchior Füssli, Swiss

Drawing

1731 · drawing — brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Drawing

1731 · drawing — brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, red chalk on cream laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for the First Plan of Solomon's Temple, Plate 420, Physica Sacra

1731 · figures, drawing — brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

29 × 19.9 cm (11 7/16 × 7 13/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for God Appears to Moses and his Companions, Plate 171, Physica Sacra

1731 · figures, drawing — brush and grey, black, and blue wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper

27.9 × 19.5 cm (11 × 7 11/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for Abimelech Reproveth Sarah, Plate 81, Physica Sacra

1731 · figures, drawing — brush and grey wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

26.9 × 18.0 cm (10 9/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for The Temple in Jerusalem, Plate 424, Physica Sacra

1731 · architecture, drawing — brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

29.9 × 18.4 cm (11 3/4 × 7 1/4 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for Serpents Sent to Destroy the Sinners, Plate 360, Physica Sacra

1731 · figures, drawing — brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper

29.6 × 20 cm (11 5/8 × 7 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for The Creation of Light, Plate 3, Physica Sacra

1731 · landscapes, drawing — brush and grey, black wash, white goauche, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

25.6 × 17.9 cm (10 1/16 × 7 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for Jacob Pours Oil upon the Stone at Bethel, Plate 87, Physica Sacra

1731 · figures, drawing — brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

27.7 × 17.9 cm (10 7/8 × 7 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for Noah's Ark, Plate 40, Physica Sacra

1731 · landscapes, drawing — brush and grey, black wash, pen and black ink on cream laid paper

30.1 × 19.2 cm (11 7/8 × 7 9/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for The Making of Glass, The Treasure Hid in the Sand, Plate 363, Physica Sacra

1731 · figures, drawing — brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper

29.3 × 20 cm (11 9/16 × 7 7/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for The Fleece of Gideon, Plate 375, Physica Sacra

1731 · figures, drawing — brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper

29.3 × 20.2 cm (11 9/16 × 7 15/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Fifth Day's Work

1731 · Brush and gray wash, pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Physica Sacra

1731 · Brush and gray and yellow wash, pen and brown ink on cream laid paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The Investigation of the Rainbow, design for plate 66 in the Physica Sacra, vol. 1, by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

1731 · Brush and wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper

29.5 × 18.7 cm (11 5/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Study for The Iron Bedstead of King Og, Plate 324, Physica Sacra

1731 · Brush and grey, black wash, pen and brown, black ink on cream laid paper

29.0 × 20.3 cm (11 7/16 × 8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum