Young blonde woman is sleeping on a narrow, low bed, her head and arms bent back over the edge of the bed. Her pallor corresponds to the off-white of her thin negligee and the sheet; the mirror and dressing table on the right edge of the picture pick up the tone, as does the unreal, ghostly horse's head that penetrates the room through a curtain above the lying woman. A monkey or cat-like figure crouches on her chest, which, according to mythology, torments her and lets the nightmare into her dreams. Pale, bluish-white coloring, ghostly effect. Date: 1790.
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