Image: FuseliMacbethBoydell

Description: Macbeth, Act I, scene iii. "Drawn to the theme of man's confrontation with his destiny, Fuseli made several illustrations of scenes in Macbeth while living in Rome between 1770-78. To eighteenth- century sensibilities, Macbeth's encounters with the witches when as an individual he is forced to confront his tragic destiny, was the most Sublime of subjects. Fuseli refrains from depicting them as grotesques, unlike Salvator Rosa or Runciman. Instead he relies on dramatic gesture, movement and lighting effects to convey a sense of the supernatural. (Monsters and Maidens, 2004)" (From source)
Title: FuseliMacbethBoydell
Credit: Auckland Art Gallery. Originally published in Collection of Prints, From Pictures Painted for the Purpose of Illustrating the Dramatic Works of Shakspeare, by the Artists of Great-Britain. London: John and Josiah Boydell, 1805.
Author: Painted by Henry Fuseli (1745-1821), engraved by James Caldwell (mezzotint)
Permission: Art is in the public domain
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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