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The Witch

Print
1471-1528 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Engraving print on paper; inscribed with the artist's monogram with the D reversed. A witch sits backwards on a leaping goat. She clutches one of its horns in one hand and a broomstick or spindle in the other. Her hair flies out behind her and the stones of a hailstorm rain down towards her from the upper right. Below her four putti disport themselves, the arrangement of their bodies forming a ring shape with the goat: one carries an alchemist's pot, to use as her cauldron; another holds a thorn apple plant, an ingredient with magical properties; and a third with his bottom pointed towards the viewer is breaking wind.

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Witch (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Engraving
Brief description
The Witch; engraving by Albrecht Dürer
Physical description
Engraving print on paper; inscribed with the artist's monogram with the D reversed. A witch sits backwards on a leaping goat. She clutches one of its horns in one hand and a broomstick or spindle in the other. Her hair flies out behind her and the stones of a hailstorm rain down towards her from the upper right. Below her four putti disport themselves, the arrangement of their bodies forming a ring shape with the goat: one carries an alchemist's pot, to use as her cauldron; another holds a thorn apple plant, an ingredient with magical properties; and a third with his bottom pointed towards the viewer is breaking wind.
Dimensions
  • Width: 70mm
  • Width: 124mm
Marks and inscriptions
AD (Signed with monogram.)
Associated object
Other number
B.67
Collection
Accession number
E.628-1940

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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