The Nightmare
Date:
1781
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
50 × 40 inches (127 × 101.6 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Bert L. Smokler and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman
Object number:
55.5.A
A 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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