Black and white etching of a woman with a basket approaching a seated man under a tiled shed in a village street, with a caption below.

The Little Witch (Das Hexlein), etching by Sophie Reinhard

An etching shows a woman in a wide-brimmed hat and long skirt carrying a basket on her arm toward a seated man beneath a tiled-roof shed in a village street. Half-timbered houses, a church spire, and a dog in the foreground frame the scene, with a caption printed beneath the image.

Artist: Sophie Reinhard
Date: 1820
Medium: Etching on cream wove paper
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2029 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1820).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection

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