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  • Arrival of dawn and the break-up of a witches' gathering. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • De praestigiis daemonum, et incantationibus ac veneficiis libri sex, aucti et recogniti / [Johann Weyer].
  • Arrival of dawn and the break-up of a witches' gathering. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • An episode in Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the three witches. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1785, after H. Fuseli, 1783.
  • An episode in Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the three witches. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1785, after H. Fuseli, 1783.
  • Witches putting a creature in a boiling cauldron. Lithograph after Biard.
  • Magicians leaving the wood where they successfully performed incantations. Etching by P.Sandby and E. Rooker, 1763, after J. Collins.
  • A devil hacks a field with a scythe. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder general. Etching.
  • The witch of Endor with a candle. Engraving by J. Kay, 1805, after A. Elsheimer.
  • Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder general, with two supposed witches calling out the names of their demons, some of which are represented by animals. Etching, 1792, after an earlier woodcut.
  • Witches putting a creature in a boiling cauldron. Lithograph after Biard.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • A witches' sabbath. Line engraving, 17--.
  • The hierarchie of the blessed angells. Their names, orders and offices / The fall of Lucifer with his angells. Written by Tho. Heywood.
  • A witch holding a plant in one hand and a fan in the other. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • A circle of witches dance around a central figure. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • Conversion of Simon the Sorcerer. Aquatint by J. Stewart after Raphael.
  • A naked witch watching a seated monster grabbing a jumping goat by its hind leg. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Human figures with the heads of birds and donkeys riding on grotesque beasts. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A naked witch flies to the sabbath mounted on a goat, while her companions continue to prepare their drugs. Process print after H. Baldung Grien.
  • A naked witch carried on the shoulders of a monster sings from a choirbook held with pincers by two grotesque bishops while two apelike swimmers look on. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A man holds a scythe as winged creatures fly above him, three figures approach on a horse, and another figure approaches from the left with a scroll. Woodcut, ca. 1700-1720.
  • Malayan black magic (Ilmu Sihir) charm intended to curse its recipient with a fatal illness.
  • A naked witch carried on the shoulders of a monster sings from a choirbook held with pincers by two grotesque bishops while two apelike swimmers look on. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Four scenes all involving water: trial by water, people using divination rods, and different types of rods. Engraving.
  • Three Mapuche women bearing drums. Photograph of a process print, ca. 1900.
  • A man (a Buddhist monk?) sitting cross-legged wearing robes and beads and holding a bell. Photograph, 1910/1930.
  • A witch placing a scorpion into a pot in order to make a potion. Etching by F. Landerer after M. Schmidt.
  • Wizards and witches offering a new-born baby to their master. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.