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Witches' Sabbath
Hans Franck1515
Renaissance and Reformation. German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach
Influenced by Baldung’s paintings of witches, this composition shows several naked female figures of various ages and tousled hair. Their contorted bodies are elaborated with white heightening. Superstition of witches was a target of the humanists’ mockery, and at the same time the theme represented an opportunity to try out a broad spectrum of motifs and artistic styles.
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- Title: Witches' Sabbath
- Creator: Hans Franck
- Date Created: 1515
- Physical Dimensions: 14.3 × 10.4 cm
- Technique and Material: Pen and ink, white highlights, on gray prepared paper
- Provenance: Von Lanna Collection, acquired in 1910
- Museum: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett
- Inv.-No.: KdZ 4454
- ISIL-No.: DE-MUS-018511
- External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kupferstichkabinett/home.html
- Copyright: Photo © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett/ Jörg P. Anders; Text © Renaissance and Reformation: German Art in the Age of Dürer and Cranach, A Cooperation of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen München, Catalogue of the Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Nov 20, 2016 – March 26, 2017, Munich: Prestel, 2016; cat. no. 73 / Nadine Söll
- Catalogue: https://prestelpublishing.randomhouse.de/book/Renaissance-and-Reformation/Stephanie-Buck/Prestel-com/e504919.rhd
- Artist Dates: c. 1485 Buobenberg (Montbovon, near Gruyère), Switzerland–1522 Basel
- Artist Biography: Around 1515 the Swiss painter Hans Franck was commissioned by the City of Basel to decorate the city gate and fountain as well as for murals in the town hall. In addition to a few paintings, numerous sketches for woodcuts survive by Franck. His works are characterized by a mannered line and a pronounced horror vacui.
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