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Two copies of the painting were produced. The two paintings and a study depict a witch or sorceress using a wand to draw a fiery magic circle on the Earth to create a ritual space for her ceremonial magic. As was common in the period, Waterhouse repeated his subject on a smaller scale, probably at the request of a collector.
Witches' Sabbath (Spanish: El Aquelarre) [1] is a 1798 oil painting on canvas by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. Today it is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid. It depicts a Witches' Sabbath. It was purchased in 1798 along with five other paintings related to witchcraft by the Duke and Duchess of Osuna. [2]
The women are positioned in a small interior space which contains a window and can be entered or exited from two sides. The small devil in the left hand recess, who is intended to represent evil, as mammalian anatomy including hind legs, and holds a vaguely described object in his claw that appears to consist of sticks and a piece of string, [10] perhaps comprising a contemporary device for ...
The Incantation [1] (Spanish: El conjuro) is a painting by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya. It belongs to a series of six cabinet paintings, each approximately 43 × 30 cm, with witchcraft as the central theme. The paintings do not form a single narrative and have no shared meaning, so each one is interpreted individually.
It was part of a series of six paintings related to witchcraft acquired by the Duke and Duchess of Osuna in 1798. [a] It has been described as "the most beautiful and powerful of Goya's Osuna witch paintings." [2] The painting was sold to the Duke and Duchess of Osuna on 27 June 1798, to decorate their villa La Alameda, on the outskirts of Madrid.
The Conjuror is a 1775 oil painting by the Irish artist Nathaniel Hone the Elder. [1] An allegory, it depicts a conjuror or alchemist casting a series of paintings by Old Masters into a fire and drawing a print from them. A bearded magician, he is seated with a young girl leaning against his knee. In the background is St Paul's Cathedral. [2]
Neo-Expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) began his career on the streets in the late 1970s, quickly attracting attention for the graffiti art he and Al Diaz made under the tag SAMO.
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