Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Catalogue
- Year
- 1770
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Henry Fuseli
Artist
Painting
Henry Fuseli was a Swiss painter, draughtsman, and writer on art who spent much of his career in Britain.
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- Henry Fuseli
- Year
- 1770
- 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.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1770-000779
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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