Henry Fuseli: Dark Chambers of the Mind

Sat 30 Jun 2012 — Sun 20 Jan 2013

Henry Fuseli: Dark Chambers of the Mind — Henry Fuseli
Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene III 1798
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
gift of Peter Tomory, 2002

Exhibition Details

The enduring influence of Henry Fuseli's imagination is the focus for this exhibition that combines a selection of the Gallery's world-famous Fuseli drawings with New Zealand artist Andrew McLeod's dark and detailed Fuseli Tribute I and II.

Horror, fear and an awe of the supernatural lay at the heart of the Sublime, but Romantic artists also drew on their own experiences and interests. Swiss-born Fuseli led the charge.

Discover here his many inspirations, from Homer and Virgil to Shakespeare, Spencer, Michelangelo and Piranesi, and witness the way he transformed the images of the mind's eye into hauntingly mesmerising artworks.

Date: Sat 30 Jun 2012 — Sun 20 Jan 2013
Curated by: Mary Kisler
Location: Level 1
Cost: Free entry

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Satan dismayed — Satan dismayed

Henry Armstead

On display

Production date

circa 1852

Medium

bronze

Size (h x w)

950 x 560 x 400 mm

Credit line

Mackelvie Trust Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, bequest of James Tannock Mackelvie, 1885

Accession no

M1885/1/172

Satan dismayed

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Shakespeare: Tempest, Act I, Scene II — Shakespeare: Tempest, Act I, Scene II

Jean-Pierre Simon Henry Fuseli

Production date

1797

Medium

mezzotint and dust-ground aquatint on wove paper

Size (h x w)

507 x 660 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002

Accession no

2002/9/1

Shakespeare: Tempest, Act I, Scene II

Jean-Pierre Simon Henry Fuseli

Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene III — Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene III

James Caldwall Henry Fuseli

Production date

1798

Medium

mezzotint on wove paper

Size (h x w)

510 x 663 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002

Accession no

2002/9/2

Shakespeare: Macbeth, Act I, Scene III

James Caldwall Henry Fuseli

Shakespeare: Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, Act II, Scene IV — Shakespeare: Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, Act II, Scene IV

William Satchwell Leney Henry Fuseli

Production date

1795

Medium

mezzotint on wove paper

Size (h x w)

710 x 540 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002

Accession no

2002/9/3

Shakespeare: Second Part of King Henry the Fourth, Act II, Scene IV

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Shakespeare: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I, Oberon, Queen of the Fairies, Puck, Bottom and Fairies attending — Shakespeare: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I, Oberon, Queen of the Fair...

Thomas Ryder & Thomas Ryder Jnr Henry Fuseli

Production date

1803

Medium

mezzotint on wove paper

Size (h x w)

510 x 662 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002

Accession no

2002/9/4

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Thomas Ryder & Thomas Ryder Jnr Henry Fuseli

Shakespeare: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I: A wood - Titania, Queen of the fairies, Bottom, fairies attending — Shakespeare: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I: A wood - Titania, Queen o...

Jean-Pierre Simon Henry Fuseli

Production date

1796

Medium

mezzotint and spirit-ground aquatint on wove paper

Size (h x w)

507 x 662 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002

Accession no

2002/9/5

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Jean-Pierre Simon Henry Fuseli

Adam resolved to share the fate of Eve — Adam resolved to share the fate of Eve

Moses Haughton Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1803-1810

Medium

mezzotint and spirit-ground aquatint on wove paper

Size (h x w)

568 x 408 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Peter Tomory, 2002

Accession no

2002/9/6

Adam resolved to share the fate of Eve

Moses Haughton Henry Fuseli

A Woman with a fan, standing, seen from the back — A Woman with a fan, standing, seen from the back

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

1791

Medium

pencil with blue, brown, black and pink wash, body colour

Size (h x w)

233 x 188 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/44

A Woman with a fan, standing, seen from the back

On display

A Woman on a balcony with high dressed hair and hat — A Woman on a balcony with high dressed hair and hat

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1790-circa 1792

Medium

pen with black, blue, pink and yellow wash, body colour

Size (h x w)

234 x 187 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/45

A Woman on a balcony with high dressed hair and hat

On display

Mrs Fuseli sleeping — Mrs Fuseli sleeping

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1795

Medium

pen and brown ink, with grey, blue and pink wash, body colour

Size (h x w)

227 x 186 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/46

Mrs Fuseli sleeping

On display

Two Courtesans with fantastic hairstyles and hats — Two Courtesans with fantastic hairstyles and hats

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1790-circa 1792

Medium

pen with brown, pink and grey wash, body colour

Size (h x w)

179 x 162 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/47

Two Courtesans with fantastic hairstyles and hats

On display

Bust Portrait of Mrs Fuseli — Bust Portrait of Mrs Fuseli

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1795

Medium

pen with black and blue wash, heightened with white (brush and wash worked up with gouache)

Size (h x w)

174 x 144 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/48

Bust Portrait of Mrs Fuseli

On display

Mrs Fuseli seated at a table — Mrs Fuseli seated at a table

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1790-circa 1791

Medium

pen with grey, brown and pink wash, body colour

Size (h x w)

227 x 157 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/49

Mrs Fuseli seated at a table

On display

Ixion and Nephele — Ixion and Nephele

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1809

Medium

pencil with brown, grey and pink wash

Size (h x w)

267 x 203 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/50

Ixion and Nephele

Three women at a curtained window — Three women at a curtained window

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

1779

Medium

pencil and brown wash

Size (h x w)

165 x 167 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/51

Three women at a curtained window

On display

Aphrodite carrying off Paris after his battle with Menelaus — Aphrodite carrying off Paris after his battle with Menelaus

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1768-circa 1769

Medium

pen with grey and pink wash

Size (h x w)

218 x 178 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/52

Aphrodite carrying off Paris after his battle with Menelaus

Virgil, Dante and Geryon — Virgil, Dante and Geryon

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1811

Medium

pen and ink

Size (h x w)

198 x 293 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/53

Virgil, Dante and Geryon

Siegfried having slain Fafner the snake — Siegfried having slain Fafner the snake

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1806

Medium

pen, pencil and grey wash

Size (h x w)

348 x 237 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/54

Siegfried having slain Fafner the snake

A Woman standing, seen from the back, drawing a curtain aside — A Woman standing, seen from the back, drawing a curtain aside

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1795-circa 1800

Medium

Pencil, pen, wash and body colour

Size (h x w)

307 x 173 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/55

A Woman standing, seen from the back, drawing a curtain aside

On display

A Woman Standing, Attending to a Man, with a Standing Male Nude Seen from the Back — A Woman Standing, Attending to a Man, with a Standing Male Nude Seen from the Ba...

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1790-circa 1792

Medium

pen and brown ink with watercolour, body colour

Size (h x w)

225 x 163 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/56

A Woman Standing, Attending to a Man, with a Standing Male Nude Seen from the Ba...

On display

A Scene from Timon of Athens — A Scene from Timon of Athens

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1783

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown, yellow and pink wash on oiled paper

Size (h x w)

205 x 299 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/57

A Scene from Timon of Athens

Parental care — Parental care

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1795-circa 1800

Medium

pen and ink with grey and blue wash

Size (h x w)

192 x 288 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/58

Parental care

Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelus in revenge of his mother, Megara, who, having refused them as suitors, was killed by them — Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelus in revenge of his mother, Megara, who, havin...

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1810

Medium

pen and black ink, with grey, pink and green wash

Size (h x w)

254 x 196 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/59

Ixion slaying Phorbas and Polymelus in revenge of his mother, Megara, who, havin...

Chriemhild throwing herself on the body of Siegfried, assassinated by Hagen — Chriemhild throwing herself on the body of Siegfried, assassinated by Hagen

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1805

Medium

pen and ink with brown wash

Size (h x w)

186 x 319 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/60

Chriemhild throwing herself on the body of Siegfried, assassinated by Hagen

Allegory of Vanity — Allegory of Vanity

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

1811

Medium

pen, pencil and watercolour

Size (h x w)

200 x 271 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/61

Allegory of Vanity

On display

Portrait of Lavinia de Irujo — Portrait of Lavinia de Irujo

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1813

Medium

pencil and grey wash

Size (h x w)

260 x 170 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/62

Portrait of Lavinia de Irujo

Eros and Psyche — Eros and Psyche

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1808

Medium

pen, pencil and watercolour

Size (h x w)

233 x 358 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/63

Eros and Psyche

Death and Sin bridging the 'Waste' of chaos and met by Satan on his return from Earth — Death and Sin bridging the 'Waste' of chaos and met by Satan on his return from...

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1819-circa 1821

Medium

pencil, pen and watercolour

Size (h x w)

393 x 315 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/64

Death and Sin bridging the 'Waste' of chaos and met by Satan on his return from...

Subject from Milton's L'Allegro — Subject from Milton's L'Allegro

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1780-circa 1785

Medium

pencil

Size (h x w)

330 x 411 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/65

Subject from Milton's L'Allegro

Caius Marius and the Cimbrian Soldier — Caius Marius and the Cimbrian Soldier

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1764-circa 1765

Medium

pen and ink with grey wash

Size (h x w)

306 x 486 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/66

Caius Marius and the Cimbrian Soldier

Undine and Huldbrand — Undine and Huldbrand

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1819-circa 1822

Medium

pencil and watercolour

Size (h x w)

481 x 319 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/67

Undine and Huldbrand

Prometheus and Io — Prometheus and Io

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1800-circa 1810

Medium

pen and ink with grey wash

Size (h x w)

690 x 490 x 30 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/68

Prometheus and Io

Siegfried and Chriemhild — Siegfried and Chriemhild

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1807

Medium

watercolour

Size (h x w)

480 x 360 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/69

Siegfried and Chriemhild

Circe absolving Medea and Jason of the killing of Medea's brother Absyrtos — Circe absolving Medea and Jason of the killing of Medea's brother Absyrtos

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1808

Medium

pencil with brown and grey wash

Size (h x w)

425 x 271 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/70

Circe absolving Medea and Jason of the killing of Medea's brother Absyrtos

Achilles crying out at the trench, confusing the Trojan Army — Achilles crying out at the trench, confusing the Trojan Army

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1815

Medium

pencil with mauve and grey wash

Size (h x w)

400 x 277 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/71

Achilles crying out at the trench, confusing the Trojan Army

A Capriccio of the Horse Tamers — A Capriccio of the Horse Tamers

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1810-circa 1815

Medium

pencil with blue and grey wash

Size (h x w)

466 x 310 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/72

A Capriccio of the Horse Tamers

The Great Father and Ancient Night — The Great Father and Ancient Night

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1800-circa 1810

Medium

pencil, grey wash and blue wash

Size (h x w)

665 x 493 x 28 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/73

The Great Father and Ancient Night

Polyphemus hurling the rock at Odysseus — Polyphemus hurling the rock at Odysseus

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1819

Medium

pencil, grey wash, blue wash and brown wash

Size (h x w)

460 x 300 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/74

Polyphemus hurling the rock at Odysseus

Amavia finds her knight, Sir Mordant, bewitched in Acrasia's Bower of Bliss — Amavia finds her knight, Sir Mordant, bewitched in Acrasia's Bower of Bliss

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1810

Medium

pencil pen with grey wash

Size (h x w)

310 x 398 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/75

Amavia finds her knight, Sir Mordant, bewitched in Acrasia's Bower of Bliss

Selene and Endymion — Selene and Endymion

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1810

Medium

pen, pencil and watercolour

Size (h x w)

373 x 302 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/76

Selene and Endymion

Satan leaving the gate of Hell, guarded by Sin and Death — Satan leaving the gate of Hell, guarded by Sin and Death

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1821

Medium

pencil with grey wash, brown wash and yellow wash

Size (h x w)

398 x 301 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/77

Satan leaving the gate of Hell, guarded by Sin and Death

Hamlet, Horatio and the Gravedigger — Hamlet, Horatio and the Gravedigger

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1804

Medium

pen with grey, blue and pink wash

Size (h x w)

372 x 295 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/78

Hamlet, Horatio and the Gravedigger

David and Goliath — David and Goliath

Henry Fuseli

On display

Production date

circa 1790-1795

Medium

pen and grey wash

Size (h x w)

343 x 311 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/79

David and Goliath

On display

Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus — Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1800-circa 1810

Medium

pencil

Size (h x w)

359 x 302 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1965

Accession no

1965/80

Hephaestus, Bia and Kratos securing Prometheus on Mount Caucasus

Study for the three witches in Macbeth — Study for the three witches in Macbeth

Henry Fuseli

Production date

circa 1783

Medium

oil on canvas

Size (h x w)

420 x 537 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased with funds from the M A Serra Trust, 1980

Accession no

1980/8

Study for the three witches in Macbeth

The Serpent tempting Eve (Satan's first address to Eve) — The Serpent tempting Eve (Satan's first address to Eve)

Henry Fuseli

Production date

1802

Medium

oil on panel

Size (h x w)

302 x 238 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Sir George Grey, 1887

Accession no

1887/1/13

The Serpent tempting Eve (Satan's first address to Eve)

Jason stealing the Golden Fleece — Jason stealing the Golden Fleece

Moses Haughton Henry Fuseli

Production date

1806

Medium

stipple engraving

Size (h x w)

233 x 168 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Peter Tomory Collection, purchased 2004

Accession no

2004/30/64

Jason stealing the Golden Fleece

Moses Haughton Henry Fuseli

Lycidas — Lycidas

Moses Haughton Henry Fuseli

Production date

1803

Medium

aquatint

Size (h x w)

286 x 239 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 1982

Accession no

1982/35

Lycidas

Moses Haughton Henry Fuseli

Fuseli Tribute I — Fuseli Tribute I

Andrew McLeod

Production date

2009

Medium

digital inkjet print

Size (h x w)

1320 x 980 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/11/1

Fuseli Tribute I

Fuseli Tribute II — Fuseli Tribute II

Andrew McLeod

Production date

2009

Medium

digital inkjet print

Size (h x w)

1320 x 980 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2010

Accession no

2010/11/2

Fuseli Tribute II

Weird Sisters — Weird Sisters

John R Smith Henry Fuseli

Production date

1783

Medium

colour mezzotint

Size (h x w)

439 x 406 mm

Credit line

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2011

Accession no

2011/3

Weird Sisters

John R Smith Henry Fuseli