Description |
To the left, inside a magic circle, the witch, sitting on a throne of owls, practices her witchcraft. A sater is holding a book with magic spells. To the right four women an two goats are tasting their brewage. To their right a devil with a hurdy-gurdy is standing. Witches and devils are flying through the air. To the left King Saul is standing before the witch's house. In the background the ruins of an arch is depicted through which the Prophet Samuel and Saul's suicide can be seen. |
Object history |
by 1796 date QS:P,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Louis-Maximilien Beauvois (....-1796), Valenciennes (?)
19 May 1879: purchased by the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, at the sale of the collection of M. Beauvois at Pillion, Valenciennes, lot no. 1, for NLG 500 (as Jan Walther van Assen)
from 2003 until 2013date QS:P,+2050-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+2003-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+2013-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : lent to the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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References |
Bode (1881) ‘Berichte und Mittheilungen aus Sammlungen und Museen, über staatliche Kunstpflege und Restaurationen, neue Funde. Die Pflege der alten Kunst in Holland’, Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, Band 4, p. 293-301, especially p. 300-301. See www.digizeitschriften.de.
Anonymous (1903) Catalogus der Schilderijen miniaturen, pastels, omlijste teekeningen, enz. in het Rijks-Museum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: Boek- en kunstdrukkerij v/h Roeloffzen-Hübner en Van Santen, p. 76, cat. no. 722, as Saul bij de heks van Endor, height: 87.5 cm (34.4 in); width: 125 cm (49.2 in)dimensions QS:P2048,87.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,125U174728 .
Anonymous (1934) Catalogus der schilderijen pastels–miniaturen–aquarellen tentoongesteld in het Rijksmuseum te Amsterdam, Amsterdam: J.H. de Bussy, p. 74, cat. no. 722, as Saul bij de Heks van Endor, height: 87.5 cm (34.4 in); width: 125 cm (49.2 in)dimensions QS:P2048,87.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,125U174728 .
Pieter J. J. van Thiel et al. (1976) All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Maarssen: Gary Schwartz, ISBN 90-6179-010-7, p. 176, cat. no. A 668, as Saul and the witch of Endor, height: 87.5 cm (34.4 in); width: 125 cm (49.2 in)dimensions QS:P2048,87.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,125U174728 .
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Saul and the Witch of Endor, height: 85.5 cm (33.6 in); width: 122.8 cm (48.3 in)dimensions QS:P2048,85.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,122.8U174728 .
RKDimages, Art-work number 22750, as Saul and the witch of Endor (1 Samuel 28:3-25), height: 88.3 cm (34.7 in); width: 123 cm (48.4 in)dimensions QS:P2048,88.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,123U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as Saul and the Witch of Endor, height: 88.3 cm (34.7 in); width: 123 cm (48.4 in)dimensions QS:P2048,88.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,123U174728 .
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