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A thread of the most terrifying works of art in history 🧵

1. Dante And Virgil - William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1850) Image
2. Lucifero - Francesco Scaramuzza (19th Century) Image
3. Untitled - Zdzisław Beksiński (1973) Image
4. The Garden of Earthly Delights (right panel) – Hieronymus Bosch (1515) Image
5. Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan - Ilya Repin (1885) Image
6. Saturn Devouring His Son - Peter Paul Rubens (1636) Image
7. The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893) Image
8. The Nightmare - Henry Fuseli (1781) Image
9. The Face of War - Salvador Dalí (1940) Image
10. The Great Red Dragon and The Woman Clothed in Sun - William Blake (c.1805) Image
11. Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya (c.1823) Image
12. Medusa - Peter Paul Rubens (c.1618) Image
13. Pandemonium - John Martin (1841) Image
14. The Temptation of St. Anthony - Salvator Rosa (1645) Image
15. St. Bartholomew Flayed - Marco d'Agrate (1562) Image

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