However, it is important to note that Dürer and Baldung's works, while contemporary with the "Malleus maleficarum", come before the widespread outbreak of moral panic leading to the witch-hunting of the later 16th and 17th centuries.

Title: The Witch. Artist: Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg) Date: ca. 1500. Medium: Engraving. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 5/8 × 2 13/16 in. (11.7 × 7.2 cm) Classification: Prints. Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1919. Object Number: 19.73.75

Nov 17, 2024 · In his engraving titled ‘Witch Riding Backwards on a Goat’ from around 1501–1502, Albrecht Dürer illustrates a scene where a witch, depicted with minimal clothing, is seated in reverse on a goat that leaps forward.

Born in Nürnberg, the son of… This print may show three witches initiating a young woman into their circle, although their exact identity is unknown. It is the first engraving Dürer ever made that he dated. On the sphere above their heads is the date 1497, but the accompanying letters ‘O.G.H.’ have defied explanation.

The four fleshy women of Albrecht Dürer's beguiling Four Witches exchange vague and shifting glances that suggest sinister intentions.

Licentious witches occupied a precarious place during the 16th and 17th centuries, due to their perceived seductive powers that threatened to overturn the patriarchal order of society. The four...

A witch sits backwards on a leaping goat. She clutches one of its horns in one hand and a broomstick or spindle in the other. Her hair flies out behind her and the stones of a hailstorm rain down towards her from the upper right.

Albrecht Dürer's The Witch, also known as Witch Riding Backwards on a Goat, is an engraving dating from circa 1500 and measuring approximately 4½ by 2¾ inches. Although this work of art was created before the height of witch hunts, the witch was a critical figure to the policing of social standards and gender norms during this period of time.

In a small confined space; four female nudes are standing together conspiratorially. The floor beneath their feet has steps at different levels. The wall opens up to the left, and the Devil in the shape of a horned monster is peering out. The door opening to the right is shown by the skull and bones lying on the floor to be the gateway to Death.

Jan 19, 2019 · Dating from early in Albrecht Dürer’s career, this engraving cannot be tied to a specific narrative but may allude to the Greek goddess of the underworld, Hecate. Four nude women gather under an orb with a skull at their feet, while a ghoul emerges to their left.