The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap
The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap

The Nightmare Rectangle Canvas Wrap

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The Nightmare (1781)
by Henry Fuseli (Switzerland, 1741-1825)

"The Nightmare" 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, it invoked the relationship of the creature and the horse (mare) to nightmares.

The word "nightmare" derives from mara, a Scandinavian mythological term referring to a spirit sent to torment or suffocate sleepers. The early meaning included the sleeper's experience of weight on the chest combined with sleep paralysis, dyspnea, or a feeling of dread. Fuseli may have added the horse as an afterthought — its presence has been viewed as a visual pun on the word "nightmare" and a self-conscious reference to folklore.

Rectangle Canvas Wrap

Gallery quality canvas print displays vibrant artwork that is built to last. Printed inks that are fade resistant. Inner frame is 1.25" deep and made with radiata pine sourced from renewable forests. All canvas prints are wrapped and shipped in fitted packaging.

  • Materials: cotton and polyester composite (canvas), pine wood (frame)
  • Inner frame made with radiata pine sourced from renewable forests
  • Leveling Bumpers Included — For wall protection
  • Ready To Hang — Mounting hardware comes attached

Care instructions: If the canvas does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, damp cloth.