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Gray wash drawing with two scenes: a kneeling robed figure beside a reclining body above, and a cloaked rider on a rearing horse below.

Odin in the Underworld

A gray wash drawing with graphite and touches of pen and red chalk shows two scenes stacked vertically. Above, a robed figure kneels beside a reclining body on a slab amid swirling clouds, while below a cloaked rider on a rearing horse fills the foreground beside a stone wall.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1770/72
Medium
Brush and gray wash and graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink and red chalk, on cream laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2200 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1772).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Español: Odín en el inframundo

Un dibujo en aguada gris, con grafito y toques de pluma y sanguina, muestra dos escenas superpuestas verticalmente. Arriba, una figura con túnica se arrodilla junto a un cuerpo recostado sobre una losa entre nubes arremolinadas, mientras abajo un jinete encapuchado sobre un caballo encabritado ocupa el primer plano junto a un muro de piedra.

Português: Odin no submundo

Um desenho em aguada cinza, com grafite e toques de caneta e giz vermelho, mostra duas cenas sobrepostas verticalmente. Acima, uma figura de manto ajoelha-se ao lado de um corpo reclinado sobre uma laje, entre nuvens redemoinhando, enquanto abaixo um cavaleiro encapuzado sobre um cavalo empinado ocupa o primeiro plano junto a um muro de pedra.

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