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Henry Fuseli's classic 'The Three Witches.' Image courtesy of the Huntington Library.

Henry Fuseli’s ‘Three Witches’ arrives at the Huntington

Tom Hoepf
Tom Hoepf

Henry Fuseli's classic 'The Three Witches.' Image courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Henry Fuseli’s classic ‘The Three Witches.’ Image courtesy of the Huntington Library.
SAN MARINO, Calif. (AP) – Southern California’s Huntington Library has acquired an early version of Anglo-Swiss painter Henry Fuseli’s classic The Three Witches and will put it on display beginning Saturday.

Huntington officials said Tuesday the painting also known as The Weird Sisters appears to be a full-size study made about 1782.

That was sometime before Fuseli created the two known final versions of his scary looking work depicting the witches of Shakespeare’s play Macbeth.

One of those is at England’s Royal Shakespeare Company. The other is at Zurich’s Museum of Modern Art.

This one, acquired from a private collection, has never been displayed publicly.

Although the Huntington is known for its 18th century British paintings, this is its first work by Fuseli, one of the most celebrated artists of that period.

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Henry Fuseli's classic 'The Three Witches.' Image courtesy of the Huntington Library.
Henry Fuseli’s classic ‘The Three Witches.’ Image courtesy of the Huntington Library.