Fantastic horse and rider
Drawing
ca. 1600 (drawn)
ca. 1600 (drawn)
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This spirited drawing depicts a naked witch mounted on a fiery steed, bearing her boiling cauldron aloft on a forked stick. It reveals the continuing taste for extravagant and macabre subject-matter that had fascinated German and Swiss artists since the early sixteenth century.
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| Object type | |
| Title | Fantastic horse and rider |
| Materials and techniques | Pen, ink and wash |
| Brief description | Anonymous drawing, probably German, of about 1600, of a grotesque naked witch mounted on a wild horse |
| Physical description | Pen, ink and wash drawing depicting a grotesque, naked woman mounted on a galloping, airborne horse. She turns to look behind her. In her right hand she holds a long forked stick over her shoulder, upon which a steaming cauldron is balanced. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides |
| Object history | Bequeathed by C.A. Ionides, 1900 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This spirited drawing depicts a naked witch mounted on a fiery steed, bearing her boiling cauldron aloft on a forked stick. It reveals the continuing taste for extravagant and macabre subject-matter that had fascinated German and Swiss artists since the early sixteenth century. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CAI.595 |
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| Record created | March 27, 2008 |
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