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Painting of a nude man leaning over a small boat in turbulent dark water, with winged figures hovering among shadowy cliffs above.

Ulysses Facing Charybdis and Scylla, Fuseli

A nude male figure leans forward over the prow of a small red-edged boat, gazing into dark, swirling water beneath a towering cliff. Two winged figures hover in the shadowed rock above, and the hazy, painterly brushwork in ochre and grey gives the scene a dreamlike, turbulent atmosphere.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1794
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2024 × 2543 px
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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1794; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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