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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. |
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kolem 1796 date QS:P,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1796-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 : Louis-Maximilien Beauvois (....-1796), Valenciennes (?)
19. května 1879: purchased by Rijksmuseum v Amsterdamu, Amsterdam, at the sale of the collection of M. Beauvois at Pillion, Valenciennes, lot no. 1, for 500 NLG (as Jan Walther van Assen)
2003 až 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 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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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, kat. č. 722, as Saul bij de heks van Endor, výška: 87,5 cm; šířka: 125 cmdimensions 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, kat. č. 722, as Saul bij de Heks van Endor, výška: 87,5 cm; šířka: 125 cmdimensions 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, kat. č. A 668, as Saul and the witch of Endor, výška: 87,5 cm; šířka: 125 cmdimensions QS:P2048,87.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,125U174728 .
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam online catalogue, as Saul and the Witch of Endor, výška: 85,5 cm; šířka: 122,8 cmdimensions 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), výška: 88,3 cm; šířka: 123 cmdimensions QS:P2048,88.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,123U174728
Web Gallery of Art, as Saul and the Witch of Endor, výška: 88,3 cm; šířka: 123 cmdimensions QS:P2048,88.3U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,123U174728 .
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