![]() Pointon, Milton and English Art (Toronto, 1970), pp. Gert Schiff, Johann Heinrich Füsslis Milton-Galerie, Schweizerisches Institut für Kunstwissenschaft Zürich, Schriften Nr.Hugh Macandrew, “Selected Letters from the Correspondence of Henry Fuseli and William Roscoe,” Gazette des Beaux-Arts 6th ser., 62 (1963), pp.Hugh Macandrew, “Henry Fuseli and William Roscoe,” Liverpool Libraries, Museums, and Arts Committee Bulletin 8 (1959–60), p.David Irwin, “Fuseli’s Milton Gallery: Unpublished Letters,” Burlington Magazine 101 (1959), p.Arnold Federman, Johann Heinrich Füssli: Dichter und Maler, 1741–1825 (Zurich and Leipzig, 1927), p.John Knowles, The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Esq., M.A., R.A., vol.Morton Memorial Purchase Fund for Older Paintings Reference Number 1973.303 IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Status On View, Gallery 219 Department Painting and Sculpture of Europe Artist Henry Fuseli Title Milton Dictating to His Daughter Place Switzerland (Artist's nationality) Date 1793 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 121.2 × 118.7 cm (47 3/4 × 46 3/4 in.) Credit Line Preston O. While this entrepreneurial venture failed commercially, it raised Fuseli’s prestige and visibility as an artist. Fuseli created this painting for his Milton Gallery, a self-run enterprise that showcased the artist’s Milton-inspired works. A cool light illuminates the rosy-cheeked women and casts deep shadows around Milton’s ghostly figure and face. A forerunner of the Romantic Movement, Fuseli created drama through chromatic contrast. ![]() His daughter transcribes his words while another woman listens intently as she sews. This painting by Swiss artist Henry Fuseli depicts 17th-century English poet John Milton, who became blind in his 40s, dictating his epic poem Paradise Lost.
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