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The Nightmare, 1781. Creator: Henry Fuseli.

The Nightmare, 1781. Creator: Henry Fuseli.

3-075-256 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

The Nightmare, 1781. A horse (the 'night-mare') looks on as an incubus crouches on the chest of a woman, her arms thrown back, almost as if she is dead. An incubus is a male demon that seeks to have sex with sleeping women.

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Creator
  1. Henry Fuseli, attributed to: Swiss; British: Artist, painter, author
Medium
  1. Oil on canvas
Picture Type
  1. European painting
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3981
File Size : 57,849kb

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  1. 55.5.A
  1. 159
  1. 1330000287
  1. 3-075-256
  1. 3075256
  1. 55.5.A
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