The Nightmare
Dublin Core
Title
The Nightmare
Subject
Gothic Painting
Description
A terrifying image of the approaching nightmare that often filled the characters and those reading about them in the gothic period.
Creator
Henry Fuseli
Source
https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/nightmare-45573
Publisher
Detroit Institute of the Arts
Date
1781
Contributor
Maxim Geller
Relation
Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Format
Unframed: 40 1/16 × 50 1/16 × 13/16 inches (101.7 × 127.1 × 2.1 cm)
Framed: 47 5/8 inches × 58 inches × 3 1/2 inches (121 × 147.3 × 8.9 cm)
oil on canvas
Framed: 47 5/8 inches × 58 inches × 3 1/2 inches (121 × 147.3 × 8.9 cm)
oil on canvas
Type
Painting
Identifier
55.5.A
Coverage
Gothic
Files
Citation
Henry Fuseli, “The Nightmare,” Enlightenmens, accessed September 29, 2022, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/943.