Johann Heinrich FüssliSwiss, 1741–1825Titans Storming Mount Olympus
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Where is “Titans Storming Mount Olympus” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 1976.287
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- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — CC0
In the life of Johann Heinrich Füssli
The whole lifebetween 1765 and 1770
Reynolds advises him to become an artist
In England Füssli met Sir Joshua Reynolds and showed him his drawings. Following his advice, he resolved to devote himself entirely to art, and in 1770 he set off for Italy.
1770–1778
Travel: Italy
1770–1778
Rome: Michelangelo and a new name, Fuseli
During his Italian years Füssli changed his name to the more Italian-sounding Fuseli; in Rome he moved in the circle of the Scottish painter Alexander Runciman and the Swedish sculptor Tobias Sergel, and he also met Anton Raphael Mengs. He studied Michelangelo and liked to contemplate the marble statues of Monte Cavallo in the evening, against a murky sky or lit by lightning.
