The Nightmare
Date1781
MediumOil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions50 × 40 inches (127 × 101.6 cm)
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.On View
On viewLocations
- Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Paintings, Gallery 9
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
Haskett Smith
17th Century
c. 1678
18th Century
c. 1730
1540/1545
1641