Satan Defying the Powers of Heaven
late 1790s
Artist, Swiss, 1741 - 1825

Artwork overview
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Medium
graphite, black chalk, and brown and gray wash on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 42.2 × 27.7 cm (16 5/8 × 10 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2015.10.1.a
Associated Artworks

Satan Defying the Powers of Heaven
Henry Fuseli
1790
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, Christie's, New York, 29 January 2015, no. 91); (via Lowell Libson, London); purchased 2015 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2023
Drawing in Britain, 1700 - 1900: New Additions to the Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2023.
Bibliography
2016
Sell, Stacey. "Henry Fuseli, Satan Defying the Poowers of Heaven." _National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 54 (Spring 2016): 24, repro.
Inscriptions
in graphite, lower center of sheet: P. C.
Watermarks
Strasburg Lily with monogram of initials ( J or I ) and T below.
Wikidata ID
Q64573765