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Dark engraving of a woman in a white gown reaching toward a smoking fire, surrounded by swirling grotesque figures and smoke, with a landscape behind.

Heks

Dark engraving of a witch scene: a woman in a flowing white gown stands at right, reaching toward a smoking fire and cauldron. Around the flames, grotesque figures, some winged or serpentine, swirl amid billowing smoke, a dark landscape behind, and Latin verses below.

Artist
Jan van de Velde (II) (mentioned on object)
Date
1626
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2907 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

Español: Bruja (Heks), grabado, 1626

Grabado oscuro de una escena de brujería: una mujer con una túnica blanca fluida está a la derecha, extendiendo la mano hacia un fuego humeante y un caldero. Alrededor de las llamas, figuras grotescas, algunas aladas o serpenteantes, giran entre humo abundante, con un paisaje oscuro detrás y versos en latín abajo.

Português: Bruxa (Heks), gravura, 1626

Gravura escura de uma cena de bruxaria: uma mulher de vestido branco fluido está à direita, estendendo a mão em direção a um fogo fumegante e um caldeirão. Ao redor das chamas, figuras grotescas, algumas aladas ou serpenteantes, rodopiam em meio a fumaça intensa, com uma paisagem escura ao fundo e versos em latim embaixo.

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