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Agostino Tassi: Landscape with a Scene of Witchcraft  wikidata:Q18748346 reasonator:Q18748346
Artist
Agostino Tassi  (1580–1644)  wikidata:Q395741
 
Alternative names
Agostino Buonamico
Description Italian painter and drawer
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 25 February 1644 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Perugia Edit this at Wikidata Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Rome Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q395741
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Landscape with a Scene of Witchcraft
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre landscape painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: A witch seated in a landscape and accompanied by a monster is casting spells with macabre objects, including a human skull. Tassi specialized in the representation of landscapes and architecture. In this painting, he has imagined the forest as a place beyond civilization where demonic powers can be unleashed. The belief in witchcraft was common during Tassi's time. In romance poetry, witches were often described as beautiful and seductive creatures, and Tassi painted his image in this vein.
Date between 1620 and 1644
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1620-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1644-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Painted surface height: 63.2 cm (24.8 in); width: 74.5 cm (29.3 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,63.2U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,74.5U174728
; Stretcher height: 64.5 cm (25.3 in); width: 75.9 cm (29.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,64.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,75.9U174728
; Framed height: 91.4 cm (36 in); width: 102.2 cm (40.2 in); depth: 13.3 cm (5.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,91.44U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,102.24U174728
dimensions QS:P5524,13.34U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.1145
Place of creation Rome, Italy
Object history
Exhibition history Hot, Dry Men; Cold, Wet Women. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown. 1993. Nature et Ideal. Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. 2011.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
References Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 319 , pp. 447−448 OCLC: 2463997.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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