One painting by this artist illustrates a moment in Paradise Lost in which the fallen angels are compared to fairies bewitching a peasant.
One painting by this artist illustrates a moment in Paradise Lost in which the fallen angels are compared to fairies bewitching a peasant. This artist of The Shepherd's Dream studied alongside Jakob Bodmer, who appears in a self-portrait in which the artist is seen talking to him. He paid homage to Burgundian legend in Kreimhild and Gunther. His penchant for mythology led him to paint Odysseus in Front of Scylla and Charybdis and a painting showing a god in a boat next to Hymir, Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent. Jacques-Louis David's similar work inspired him to paint Oath of the Rutli, while Shakespeare influenced his Lady Macbeth Sleepwalking, one of his many works depicting her. He also painted an ethereal horse poking its head into a tent as an incubus lies on top of a passed-out woman on a bed. For 10 points, name this Swiss artist of The Nightmare.
One painting by this artist illustrates a moment in Paradise Lost in which the fallen angels are compared to fairies bewitching a peasant.
Heinrich Fuseli [or Henri Fuseli]