Object List of Horrors

We've arranged these objects in order from scary to terrifying. Scroll at your own risk. If you're really brave, use the zoom feature.

Spider
Spider
Odilon Redon (French, 1840–1916)
1887
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Stickney Collection
Skeletons Making Music
Skeletons Making Music
Hans Lützelburger (German, active 1517–1526)
After Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497/1498–1543)
ca. 1526
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Rosenwald Collection
Ghost Scene
Ghost Scene
W. S. Hobson (British, active 1850s–1880s)
1887
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Terrour or Fright
Terrour or Fright
Thomas Rowlandson (British, 1757–1827)
After George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765–1809)
January 21, 1800
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Goblin Lanterns
Goblin Lanterns
Helen Hyde (American, 1868–1919)
1906
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. Edwin F. Gillette and Mrs. Hallie Hyde Irwin
The Vampire
The Vampire
Charles Meryon (French, 1821–1868)
1853
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H.O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H.O. Havemeyer, 1929
Witch Lantern
Witch Lantern
Lloyd Charles Lemcke (American, active c.a 1935)
1937
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Index of American Design
Black Cat
Black Cat
Alphonse Legros (French, 1837–1911)
ca. 1861
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Gift of George Matthew Adams in memory of his mother, Lydia Havens Adams
Memento Mori
Memento Mori
Master IAM of Zwolle (Netherlandish, active ca. 1470–95)
late 15th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
The Raven
The Raven
Félix Bracquemond (French, 1833–1914)
1854
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Bonebrake 2005.234
Fleeting Time (Ruit Hora)
Fleeting Time (Ruit Hora)
Luigi Conconi (Italian, 1852–1917)
1893
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, The Ahmanson Foundation
The Vampire II
The Vampire II
Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944 )
1895–1902
The Art Institute of Chicago, John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
Witch
Witch
José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913)
ca. 1880–1910
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Black Cat
The Black Cat
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (British, 1872–1898)
1894
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020
The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji
The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎
ca. 1831–32
The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gift of Louis W. Hill, Jr.
Death on a Pale Horse
Death on a Pale Horse
John Hamilton Mortimer (British, 1740–1779)
ca. 1775
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Werewolf
Werewolf
Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)
ca. 1510–1515
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1942
There is Plenty to Suck (Mucho hay que chupar)
There is Plenty to Suck (Mucho hay que chupar)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, 1746–1828)
1799
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918
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