One of the most famous, and unnerving, examples of the occult.

Henri Fuseli's 'The Nightmare.'

The succubus was supposed to visit women at night to seduce them, whilst the succubus visited men.

Both could be summoned up at Halloween.

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Weird sisters; ministers of darkness; minions of the moon https://t.co/BWUUgBbpi4 James Gillray, 1791; "A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth', i. 3. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left.

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Henry Fuseli ”The Three Witches” , 1783 and “Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers” , 1812

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Good choice! That's not our only picture depicting Macbeth and the Witches either, here is another by Henry Fuseli 🎃👻

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4. Let's delve into art history in anticipation of Halloween: Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare (1790-91), Goethe-Museum, Frankfurt, Germany.

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Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis

Video about the painting: https://t.co/otPFACctke

Powerful Symbolist image from the Swiss master Fuseli taken from the Oddyssey: https://t.co/G2ll6pr68i

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Polynices asks his father's support in overthrowing his brother. Enraged, Oedipus delivers a curse…each son would die at the hands of the other; “Oedipus Cursing His Son, Polynices” (1786) by Swiss-born painter Henry Fuseli

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John Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), The Vision of the Deluge, oil on canvas

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Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis

Video about the painting: https://t.co/otPFACctke

Powerful Symbolist image from the Swiss master Fuseli taken from the Oddyssey: https://t.co/G2ll6pr68i

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The Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women 1793
Henry Fuseli (1741-1825)

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⚪️ Drawing of art master (pos. Fuseli or Joseph Wilton] in antique school of the Royal Academy []
🔘 Me looking on in disappointment at the misguided public for not selecting the Belvedere Torso and Apollo Belvedere to go through to next round of

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Odysseus in front of Scylla and Charybdis

Video about the painting: https://t.co/otPFACctke

Powerful Symbolist image from the Swiss master Fuseli taken from the Oddyssey: https://t.co/G2ll6pr68i

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When watching this one, I couldn’t help but think of the goblin from Henry Fuseli’s “Nightmare” (1781 / 1790–91).

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“Tevye’s Dream” Fiddler on the Ropf parody after Henry Fuseli’s “The Nightmare” 👹👻

Statement here: https://t.co/cxLHsdeNha

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Emily's
choice: Teiresias Foretells the Future to Odysseus by Henry Fuseli - "I love how ominous and eerie this painting is, even down to the blood-tipped sword... so chilling!" https://t.co/9djDq17AxC

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Enjoy these works by Henry Fuseli.
1. Kriemhild sees the dead Siegfried in a dream
2. Brunhild observing Gunther, whom she has tied to the ceiling
3. Kriemhild shows Gunther in prison the Nibelungen ring
4. Kriemhild shows Hagen Gunther’s head

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