Ultra HD Master (2 000 × 1 602 px)
Romanticism / Gothic
1781
The Nightmare
Original title: The Nightmare
Henry Fuseli
Museum Provenance & Technical Data
Medium / Support:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
101.6 cm × 127 cm
Date of Creation:
1781
Scan Resolution:
2 000 × 1 602 px
Archive File Size:
0.8 MB
Permanent Collection:
Detroit Institute of Arts, United States
Historical Narrative
A demonic incubus crouches menacingly atop a slumbering woman draped across a bed as a ghostly spectral horse peers through the velvet curtains.
Visual & Curatorial Analysis
"A foundational landmark of Gothic Romanticism and the subconscious, visualizing human erotic vulnerability and nightmare terror."
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