Odin in the Underworld

A gray wash drawing with graphite and touches of pen and red chalk shows two scenes stacked vertically. Above, a robed figure kneels beside a reclining body on a slab amid swirling clouds, while below a cloaked rider on a rearing horse fills the foreground beside a stone wall.

Artist

Henry Fuseli

Date

1770/72

Medium

Brush and gray wash and graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink and red chalk, on cream laid paper

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Size

1686 × 2200 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection