Nightmare

Abildgaard's Nightmare shows two young ladies in the nude lying on a bed. Outside the moon is shining on a dark blue sky at night. One lady is on the side showing us her back in what resembles a deep sleep with her hands tucked in under her head. The other, however, is twisting and turning. She is ridden by the mare. Nightmare is inspired by Johann Henry Fuseli’s painting Nachtmahr from 1781. It w…