# Henry Fuseli artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/henry-fuseli/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T20:50:18.733Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Nationality: Swiss, British
- Common media: Painting, Drawing

## Portrait

![Henry Fuseli](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Henry_fuseli_por_James_Northcote_1778.jpg)
James Northcote · Public domain
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_fuseli_por_James_Northcote_1778.jpg

## About Henry Fuseli

Henry Fuseli (1741–1825), also known as Johann Heinrich Füssli, was a Swiss-born British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art. Public authority records connect the English name Henry Fuseli with several renderings of his German-language name, an important distinction for cataloguing and search. He spent much of his career in Britain, so collectors may encounter him in both Swiss and British art contexts. The collected evidence identifies painting and drawing as his principal artistic fields. A supporting biography also associates his work with supernatural subjects and dark, dramatic imagery, including The Nightmare; because that thematic description in this source pack is supplied by Wikipedia rather than a museum essay, it should be treated as contextual rather than definitive. For appraisal and entity matching, the strongest evidence is the agreement between Wikidata and VIAF on his identity, occupations, alternate names, and 1741–1825 lifespan.

## Common works and media

The source pack most strongly supports paintings and drawings as the work types collectors may encounter under Henry Fuseli or Johann Heinrich Füssli. Supporting biographical material associates his imagery with supernatural, dreamlike, and dark dramatic subjects, although that subject evidence is comparatively weak in this collection. No reliable breakdown of prints, editions, sculptures, or other auction categories is available here, so those forms should not be assumed without object-specific research.

## Market and appraisal context

A Fuseli appraisal should begin by confirming that the object is associated with the correct artist, since authority records preserve several spellings of his name. The distinction between a painting and a drawing is also important when selecting comparable records. Appraisily associates 169 auction records with this artist page, but the collected source pack does not expose their individual descriptions, attribution wording, condition, provenance, dimensions, sale dates, or realized prices. Those lot-level facts must therefore be reviewed before drawing a value conclusion. Relevant comparisons should use documented public sales of genuinely similar works rather than the artist name or record count alone.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine public artist-identity research with auction records and, when available, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots. Identity evidence and market evidence are evaluated separately so that an authority match is not treated as proof of authorship or value.

## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122382
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/53061/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500115235
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Fuseli
- Wikipedia: https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_F%C3%BCssli
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/henry-fuseli/