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Dark engraving of a witch in white robes beside a fire, with a hunched man and grotesque creatures crowding the shadowy left side.

Witch (Heks) engraving by Jan van de Velde II, 1626

An engraving of a witch in a flowing white gown, hair streaming, standing at right beside a hunched bearded man and a crackling fire. Grotesque creatures and monstrous figures crowd the dark left side beneath arching garlands of foliage, rendered in dense, fine hatching.

Artist
Jan van de Velde (II)
Date
1626
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2802 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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