The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by the Swiss artist Henry Fuseli.It shows a woman with her arms thrown below her, in deep sleep as she undergoes a nightmare as an almost hidden horse (the "night-mare") looks on as a demonic and ape-like incubus crouches on her chest. [1] Its erotic and haunting evocation of obsession became a breakthrough success for Fusel. More @Wikipedia
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