Engraving of two women in period dress on a tiled floor, with a small horned devil and flames between them beside a draped curtain.

The Wicked Devil, engraving after Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele

An engraved print of two women in early modern dress standing on a tiled floor beside a draped curtain. Between them a small horned devil with a flaming tail stands near a fire, while the woman at right lifts a long object overhead. An inscription appears along the lower margin.

Artist: Johannes Jacobsz van den Aveele (mentioned on object)
Date: 1682
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 2188 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1682.
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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