The Nightmare

Date1781

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions50 × 40 inches (127 × 101.6 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Bert L. Smokler and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman

Object number55.5.A

DescriptionA sleeping woman lies across a bed with her head, shoulders and arms hanging over the side. A demon sits in profile, eyes to viewer, on her stomach. A table stands next to the bed in the left foreground and a horse pokes its head through drapery in the left background.

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