CH343492 Schweigen, 1786-99 (oil on canvas) by Fuseli, Henry (Fussli, Johann Heinrich) (1741-1825); 96x101 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: "Silence", illustrationL \'Il Penseroso V, 78-80\' by John Milton; Eine Mutter mit ihren zwei Kindern; the Poet and a mother with her two children in front of a fire; over the fireplace stands Menelaos, king of Sparta, with the lifeless body of Patrocles, after he has fallen in the Trojan War; Il Penseroso (The Serious Man) vision of poetic melancholy, a companion piece to L\'Allegro a vision of poetic mirth. "Some still removed place [will fit]; Where glowing embers through the room; Teach light to counterfeit a gloom". To point up the poet??? melancholy, the artist has placed on the mantelpiece a sculpture group Menelaus supporting the dead Patroclus referring undoubtedly to the poet??? great friendship with Charles Deodati, who died while Milton was in Italy. ); Photo 穢 Christie\'s Images; Swiss, out of copyright.