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Works in Focus: The Nightmare
The Nightmare·Titania and Bottom·Titania Awakening·Satan Starting from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear
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Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare exhibited 1782 Oil on canvas, 1210 x 1473 x 89 mm Lent by the Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr and Mrs Bert L. Smokler and Mrs Lawrence A. Fleischman The exact meaning of The Nightmare remains elusive. Fuseli’s painting combines a wide range of references. The result was meant to appeal to the sensationalist tastes of the time. |
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