Wizards and witches casting spells and raising ghosts. Etching.
- Date:
- [between 1680 and 1720?]
- Reference:
- 47023i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
About six scenes in one landscape, at night. Left, a man standing in a circle marked with magic signs holds out his hands to a terrified king and queen (?). Centre foreground, a philosopher in a library communes with a man in chains (a lunatic?), and a swordsman fights against two skeletons wielding bones. Right foreground and background, scenes of witchcraft, communing with devils, a witch riding on a broomstick, and an army in mid-battle
Publication/Creation
[Germany] : [publisher not identified], [between 1680 and 1720?]
Physical description
1 print : etching ; image and border 18 x 26.7 cm
Lettering
Das abscheuliche Gespenst
Lettering means "The abominable ghost". Many of the figures are marked with a letter (letters from A to K), but the key is not present
References note
Information about this print may exist in: Georg Conrad Horst, Zauber-Bibliothek: oder von Zauberei, Theurgie und Mantik, Zauberern, Hexen und Hexenprocessen, Dämonen, Gespenstern und Geistererscheinungen; zur Beförderung einer rein-geschichtlichen, von Aberglauben und Unglauben freien Beurtheilung dieser Gegenstände, Mainz: Kupferberg, 1821- (to be confirmed)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 47023i
Type/Technique
Languages
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores