The Nightmare by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster from Bleak Boutique depicts a woman in white unconscious on a bed, with a dark creature on her chest and a ghostly horse head looming from the shadows behind.

A wooden mannequin hand lifts the corner of The Nightmare by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster from Bleak Boutique, revealing a woman in white on a bed, a dark demon on her chest, and a horse’s head emerging from the shadows.

A woman in white lies unconscious on a bed as a creature sits on her chest, with a dark horse looming in the surreal background. The Nightmare by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster by Bleak Boutique is inspired by the iconic oil painting.

A close-up of a Bleak Boutique The Nightmare by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster partially unrolled beneath a brown cardboard poster tube, showcasing detailed artwork.

The Nightmare by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster from Bleak Boutique features a woman in white lying on a bed, a dark demon on her chest, and a ghostly horse emerging from the shadows behind a curtain.

Bleak Boutique’s The Nightmare by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster features a woman in white on a bed, a demon-like figure on her chest, and a ghostly horses head in the background, inspired by Henry Fuseli’s iconic painting.

"The Nightmare" by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster

Name: "The Nightmare" by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster
Brand: teelaunch
SKU: 12415
Price: 12.95 USD
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The Nightmare (1781)
by Henry Fuseli (Switzerland, 1741-1825)

"The Nightmare" is a 1781 oil painting by Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. It shows a woman in deep sleep with her arms thrown below her, and with an apelike demonic creature crouched on her chest. The painting's dreamlike and haunting evocation of infatuation and obsession was a huge popular success. For contemporary viewers, "The Nightmare" invoked the relationship of the creature and the horse (mare) to nightmares. The work was likely inspired by the waking dreams experienced by Fuseli and his contemporaries, who found that these experiences related to folkloric beliefs like the Germanic tales about demons and witches that possessed people who slept alone.

The etymology of the word "nightmare" does not relate to horses. Rather, the word is derived from mara, a Scandinavian mythological term referring to a spirit sent to torment or suffocate sleepers. 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. The painting incorporates a variety of imagery associated with these ideas, depicting a mare's head and a demon crouched atop the woman. Fuseli may have added the horse as an afterthought, since a preliminary chalk sketch did not include it. Its presence in the painting has been viewed as a visual pun on the word "nightmare" and a self-conscious reference to folklore—the horse destabilizes the painting's conceit and contributes to its Gothic tone.

Matte Poster
• Printed with Dye/Pigment Reactive Ink on Archival Matte Paper
• Shipped in Heavy Duty Poster Tube
• Heavy weight (210 gsm), thick base, and an instant-dry coating that resists fingerprints and smudging

"The Nightmare" by John H. Fuseli Matte Poster

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