Saul and the Witch of Endor
Fearing the outcome of a battle, Saul, king of the Israelites, consulted the fortune-telling witch of Endor. The prophecy came true: Saul lost the battle, but shortly before he was to be killed, he threw himself on his sword. His suicide – in the middle background – is a warning against witchcraft. In the foreground is a Witches’ Sabbath: the fortune-teller sits within a chalk circle, surrounded by other witches, satyrs, and imaginary figures.
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Saul and the Witch of Endor
Fearing the outcome of a battle, Saul, king of the Israelites, consulted the fortune-telling witch of Endor. The prophecy came true: Saul lost the battle, but shortly before he was to be killed, he threw himself on his sword. His suicide – in the middle background – is a warning against witchcraft. In the foreground is a Witches’ Sabbath: the fortune-teller sits within a chalk circle, surrounded by other witches, satyrs, and imaginary figures.
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Bevreesd over de uitkomst van ...... en, saters en fantasiefiguren.
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Fearing the outcome of a battl ...... satyrs, and imaginary figures.
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Rijksmuseum
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title
Saul and the Witch of Endor
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Saul bij de heks van Endor
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created
1526
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1526
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extent
beschilderd oppervlak breedte 121,6 cm
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beschilderd oppervlak hoogte 87 cm
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drager breedte 122,8 cm
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drager hoogte 85,5 cm
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frame height 104.2 cm
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frame thickness 5 cm
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frame width 138.9 cm
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lijst breedte 138,9 cm
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lijst dikte 5 cm
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lijst hoogte 104,2 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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provenance
...; sale, Louis-Maximilien Be ...... . 161, no. 307 (3 June 1879).}
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spatial
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second quarter 16th century
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tweede kwart 16e eeuw
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