Johann Heinrich FüssliSvizzera, 1741–1825Incubo
The Nightmare
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Henry Fuseli painted The Nightmare in 1781; the original canvas belongs to the Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit. Its exhibition at London's Royal Academy in 1782 brought the painter commercial success. Thomas Burke's engraving followed in January 1783 and spread the image far beyond the exhibition. Fuseli made further painted versions, while caricaturists adapted the crouching demon to torment politicians in their satires.
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- 55.5.A
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- Immagine: Detroit Institute of Arts — Henry Fuseli · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Nella vita di Johann Heinrich Füssli
Tutta la vita1778–1825 · Luogo di lavoro
Great Britain
early 1779
Returns to London by way of Zürich
In early 1779 Fuseli returned to Britain, visiting Zürich on the way; in London, where he was already famous, a commission awaited him from the print publisher John Boydell for the Shakespeare Gallery he was then creating, and Fuseli painted several pictures for it. In London he also published the English translation of Lavater's work on physiognomy and helped the poet William Cowper with his translation of Homer.
1782
“The Nightmare” is exhibited
Fuseli's earliest painting was “Joseph Interpreting the Dreams of the Baker and Butler”, but the first to excite particular attention was “The Nightmare”, exhibited in 1782. He painted several versions of it.
