About This Artwork

Henry Fuseli
English, born Switzerland, 1741-1825

Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side, c. 1818

Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper
470 x 302 mm (plate); 500 x 332 mm (sheet)
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection, 1991.618

Weinglass 295