Engraving of a veiled woman raising her arm over a prostrate man, with a kneeling bearded man at right and soldiers in a columned hall at left.

Saul and the Witch of Endor, engraving, 1791

An engraving shows a veiled woman standing with an outstretched arm before a prostrate man on the floor, while a bearded man kneels at right and soldiers stand at left in a columned hall. The print, captioned in Dutch with the 1 Samuel 28 scene, shows Saul consulting the witch of Endor.

Artist: Jacob Folkema (mentioned on object)
Date: 1791
Medium
Source: Rijksmuseum
Size: 4000 × 3347 px

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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1791.
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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