Henry Fuseli, 1820 - Perseus Starting from the Cave of the Gorgons - fine art print
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Original artwork description from the museum's website (© - Art Institute Chicago - Art Institute Chicago)
Fuseli’s unfinished painting depicts the ancient Greek hero Perseus, son of Zeus, a demigod who slew Medusa, the snake-haired Gorgon whose glance turned men to stone. On the ground lies the decapitated body of Medusa, above which the airborne Perseus flees with her head, which retained its deadly power. Medusa’s two sisters, at right, unsuccessfully attempt to stop Perseus.The painting’s source was the ancient Greek poet Hesiod’s the Shield of Heracles (translated into English in 1815), an imagined description in verse of the scenes found on Heracles’s beautifully crafted shield, including Perseus slaying Medusa.
Article specs
Perseus Starting from the Cave of the Gorgons is a painting painted by the male painter Henry Fuseli in 1820. The version of the artwork had the following size: 552 x 676 mm. Oil and oil wash, over graphite and with touches of pen and black ink, on tan laid paper, laid down on off-white japanese paper was applied by the European artist as the technique for the piece of art. Nowadays, this artwork can be viewed in in the collection of Art Institute Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. With courtesy of Art Institute Chicago (public domain license). Creditline of the artwork: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection. Besides this, the alignment is in portrait format with a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Henry Fuseli was a male poet, illustrator, painter, drawer, whose artistic style can primarily be classified as Romanticism. The painter was born in the year 1741 in Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland and passed away at the age of 84 in the year 1825.
Piece of art background information
Title of the artpiece: | "Perseus Starting from the Cave of the Gorgons" |
Categorization: | painting |
Umbrella term: | modern art |
Time: | 19th century |
Created in the year: | 1820 |
Age of artwork: | around 200 years |
Medium of original artwork: | oil and oil wash, over graphite and with touches of pen and black ink, on tan laid paper, laid down on off-white japanese paper |
Artwork original size: | 552 x 676 mm |
Museum / collection: | Art Institute Chicago |
Museum location: | Chicago, Illinois, United States of America |
Website of the museum: | www.artic.edu |
Artwork license: | public domain |
Courtesy of: | Art Institute Chicago |
Creditline of artwork: | The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection |
About this item
Article classification: | art print |
Method of reproduction: | digital reproduction |
Manufacturing process: | digital printing (UV direct print) |
Product Origin: | Germany |
Type of stock: | on demand |
Proposed product use: | art reproduction gallery, wall décor |
Orientation: | portrait format |
Image ratio: | 1 : 1.2 (length : width) |
Implication of image aspect ratio: | the length is 20% shorter than the width |
Materials available: | metal print (aluminium dibond), poster print (canvas paper), canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) |
Canvas print (canvas on stretcher frame) sizes: | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47", 150x180cm - 59x71" |
Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) size options: | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47", 150x180cm - 59x71" |
Poster print (canvas paper) size options: | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47" |
Dibond print (alumnium material) options: | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47" |
Picture frame: | without frame |
Artist overview
Artist name: | Henry Fuseli |
Alias names: | fuessli j. h., Füssli Heinrich, Fuseli Henry the Younger, Fuessli Johann Heinrich, Fuselli, Fusely Henry, Fusely, Fusslin Henry the Younger, Fusslin Johann Heinrich the Younger, Fuseli R.A., Füssli Joh. Heinr., heinrich fussli, Fi︠u︡zeli Genry, Füssli Heinrich II, Fuzelli, H. Fuseli R.A., Fuzeli Johann Heinrich, heinrich fuessli, Fuzelli Johann Heinrich, Hen Fuseli, Johann Heinrich Fueßli, Fuseli Henry, Fuseli Jean-Henri, Fuseli Johann Heinrich the Younger, H. Fuseli Esq.R.A., Fusile, Fuseli Henri, Fuseli John Henry, Fuseli Johann Heinrich, Johann Heinrich Fuseli, joh. heinrich fussli, Füessli Henry, Fussli Henry the Younger, heinrich fussli der jungere, h. fussli, Hen. Fuseli, H. Fuseli, Fussly Henry the Younger, [Henry Fuseli], fuseli h., Henry Füssli, Johann Heinrich Füssli, Henry Fuseli Esq., h. fuessli, Henry Fuseli R. A., Fussli Johann Heinrich the Younger, Fuzeli, Füssli Johann Heinrich, Henry Fuseli, Fuselli Johann Heinrich, j. h. fussli, Fuseli R.A., Fussly Johann Heinrich the Younger, Fuseli R. A., heinrich fussli der altere, Fuseli |
Artist gender: | male |
Artist nationality: | Swiss |
Jobs: | drawer, painter, illustrator, poet |
Country of origin: | Switzerland |
Classification: | modern artist |
Styles of the artist: | Romanticism |
Lifetime: | 84 years |
Born in the year: | 1741 |
City of birth: | Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
Year of death: | 1825 |
Place of death: | Putney, London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, neighborhood |
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