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Painting of a tall bearded seer with a staff in a glowing cloud above a crouching nude man with a sword beside a dark ledge.

Tiresias appears to Ulysses during the sacrifice

A tall, bearded old seer with a staff stands in a pale, cloud-like glow above a crouching, muscular man who grips a sword beside a dark, rocky ledge. Ghostly white figures drift in the sky behind, and a dark carcass lies in the lower left of this dramatic, somber painting.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1780
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2748 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1780; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Tiresias se aparece a Ulises durante el sacrificio

Un anciano barbudo de gran estatura, con bastón y capa, se erige en un resplandor pálido y nebuloso sobre un hombre musculoso y agachado que sujeta una espada junto a un peñasco oscuro. Figuras blancas y fantasmales flotan en el cielo, y en el ángulo inferior izquierdo yace una masa oscura, en una pintura dramática y sombría.

Português: Tirésias aparece a Ulisses durante o sacrifício

Um velho barbudo de grande estatura, com cajado e manto, ergue-se em um brilho pálido e nebuloso sobre um homem musculoso e agachado que segura uma espada junto a um penhasco escuro. Figuras brancas e fantasmagóricas flutuam no céu, e no canto inferior esquerdo jaz uma massa escura, numa pintura dramática e sombria.

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