Axial Commons Image Treasury
Moonlit forest scene: winged fairy women in pale gowns and crowns dance while a crowd gathers in shadow.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A moonlit forest glade where winged female fairies in flowing pale gowns and crowns raise their arms and dance along a path of light, while a crowd of figures and small winged creatures fills the shadows. A bright moon shines through the trees above a figure on a hillside, and tiny flying forms hover in the foreground.

Artist
Gustave Doré
Date
1868
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
995 × 1468 px
Download full size
Public domain · Gustave Doré died 1883 and the work dates by 1868; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Gustave Doré, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

Español: Sueño de una noche de verano: hadas bailando en un bosque

Un claro de bosque iluminado por la luna, donde figuras femeninas aladas con vestidos pálidos y coronas levantan los brazos y bailan por un sendero de luz, mientras una multitud y pequeñas criaturas aladas llenan las sombras. Una luna brillante asoma entre los árboles sobre una figura en la colina, y diminutas formas voladoras flotan en primer plano.

Português: Sonho de uma noite de verão: fadas dançando na floresta

Uma clareira de floresta iluminada pela lua, onde figuras femininas aladas com vestes pálidas e coroas erguem os braços e dançam por um caminho de luz, enquanto uma multidão e pequenas criaturas aladas preenchem as sombras. Uma lua brilhante surge entre as árvores acima de uma figura na colina, e formas minúsculas voam em primeiro plano.

More from Gustave Doré

Painting of the Holy Trinity: a bearded God the Father in a golden halo supports the dead Christ on clouds, with a dove above and two putti at the sides.La Sainte TrinitéPainting of a woman in a blue gold-starred cloak holding a limp young performer, with a jester in orange costume, an owl, a tambourine and playing cards nearby.Les SaltimbanquesPale nude woman with flowing hair rises through swirling grey drapery against a dark brown background, drawn in white highlights.Paolo and Francesca da Rimini in HellBlack-and-white engraving of a kneeling man embracing a woman in a pale gown beneath a crucifix and canopy bedIllustration 14 for Miguel de Cervantes’s “Don Quixote“Painting of a smiling man in a black hat and orange headscarf playing a guitar against a dark background.Guitar PlayerMoonlit night battlefield in snow with dark fallen soldiers and horses in the foreground and distant town lights beneath a cloudy sky.Une sortie devant Sébastopol