A man reading a grimoire, grinning; next to him a hooded man, kneeling on the floor, is holding a torch: they are conjuring up demons. Mezzotint after D. Teniers the younger, 1750/1790.

  • Teniers, David, 1610-1690.
Date:
1750-1790
Reference:
562781i
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London (no. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard) : printed for Carrington Bowles, map & printseller

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1 print : mezzotint ; platemark 33.2 x 23 cm

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Philosopher laughing at magick; painted by Teniers after the manner of Rembrandt Bears number: 222

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Wellcome Collection 562781i

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After a painting in the opposite direction subsequently in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux

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