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Old bearded seer with a staff beside a kneeling nude warrior with a sword, surrounded by pale ghostly figures in a dark cave.

Teiresias Foretells the Future to Odysseus

A bearded, cloaked old seer with a staff stands at the edge of a dark pit while a muscular nude warrior with a sword and red cloak kneels on the right, gazing up. Pale veiled and spectral figures drift through smoky light above and behind, set against a shadowed rocky cave.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1800
Medium
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Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
1014 × 1200 px
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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1800; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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