Painting #C12 - The Nightmare

The Nightmare
- Henry Fuseli (1741-1825, Swiss in Britain)
- oil (101 x 127 cm) in 1781
- Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit)

"It shows a woman in deep sleep with her arms thrown below her, and with a demonic and apelike incubus crouched on her chest."

"The early meaning of 'nightmare' included the sleeper's experience of weight on the chest combined with sleep paralysis, dyspnea, or a feeling of dread." --- 被鬼壓/俾鬼責

To the top left, a mare in the dark night: night+mare=nightmare.