Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices, by Henry Fuseli, 1786, British painting, oil on canvas. Henry Fuseli's dramatic painting, depicts the tense climax of 'Oedipus at Colonus', a drama by Sophocles. Self-blinded King Oedipus, condemns his son, to die in ba (BSLOC_2016_6_216)