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Painting of a crowded ruined landscape with a witch raising a staff, an owl, a cauldron, a flying nude figure in a night sky, and soldiers at left.

Saul bij de heks van Endor

A crowded scene among ruined stone arches shows a woman raising a staff at center while an older woman reads an open book beside her. An owl perches near a fire and cauldron, a nude figure flies through the dark sky at upper right, and armored men gather at left under a banner with inscribed text.

Artist
Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen
Date
1526
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 2872 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1526.
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: Saúl y la bruja de Endor

Una escena abarrotada entre arcos de piedra en ruinas muestra a una mujer que levanta un bastón en el centro, mientras otra mujer mayor lee un libro abierto a su lado. Un búho posado junto a un fuego y un caldero, una figura desnuda que vuela en el cielo oscuro a la derecha y hombres armados a la izquierda bajo una pancarta con texto.

Português: Saul e a bruxa de Endor

Uma cena lotada entre arcos de pedra em ruínas mostra, no centro, uma mulher erguendo um cajado, enquanto outra mulher mais velha lê um livro aberto ao lado. Uma coruja pousada perto de um fogo e um caldeirão, uma figura nua voando no céu escuro à direita e homens armados à esquerda sob uma faixa com texto.

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