An irate imp perches invasively on the chest of an unconscious young woman in Swiss artist Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting “The Nightmare.” No doubt wondering what evil he can visit upon the sleeping blonde, the monster meets the viewer’s gaze with eyes that one wishes would not, Mona Lisa-like, follow one wherever one stands. So off-putting is the subject…
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