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Dark engraving of a woman in a white gown reaching toward a smoking fire, surrounded by swirling grotesque figures and smoke, with a landscape behind.

Witch (Heks), engraving, 1626

Dark engraving of a witch scene: a woman in a flowing white gown stands at right, reaching toward a smoking fire and cauldron. Around the flames, grotesque figures, some winged or serpentine, swirl amid billowing smoke, a dark landscape behind, and Latin verses below.

Artist
Jan van de Velde (II) (mentioned on object)
Date
1626
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2907 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1626.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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