Theodore Meets in the Wood the Specter of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti, Chasing with Mastiffs His Former Disdainful Mistress

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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Artist: Henry Fuseli / Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825
Date: 1783
Medium: Charcoal with stumping, and brush and black wash, over graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on off-white Japanese paper
Dimensions: 32 × 66.4 cm (12 5/8 × 26 3/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: charcoal
Place: Switzerland
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Art Institute of Chicago
Accession no.: Obj: 116079

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