Bodmer und Füssli vor der Büste Homers

1778–1780

Henry Fuseli1741 Zürich – 1825 Putney Hill/London
We have 117 artworks by Henry Fuseli online.
We have 1823 paintings online.
Johann Jacob Bodmer (Greifensee 1698 - Zurich 1783), author of writings on poetry theory, spiritual and secular dramas and epics, as professor at the Carolinum teacher Füsslis during his theological studies, inspired a whole generation far beyond Zurich by his reassessment of the sublime, fantasy and republican virtues. A generational dialogue and transfer is depicted, under the auspices of Homer: 'Bodmer and Füeszli. The artist seems to listen very attentively to the teachings of the scholar, the bust of Homer is in their midst'. (exh. cat. 1799). Engraved in 1806 by Johann Heinrich Lips, see David H. Weinglass: Prints and engraved Illustrations by and after Henry Fuseli. A catalogue raisonné (Aldershot 1994) no. 275.
Also known as
Der Künstler im Gespräch mit Johann Jakob Bodmer Selbstbildnis mit Johann Heinrich Bodmer Bodmer and Fuseli with a Bust of Homer Bodmer et Füssli devant le buste d’Homère
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 163 x 150 cm
Inventory number
70
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Heinrich Escher-Escher zum Wollenhof, 1847