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Saul and the Witch of Endor
Also titled Saul bij de heks van Endor
Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (Oostzaan, ca. –ca.)
1526
- Medium
- panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- frame: height 104.2 cm x width 138.9 cm x thickness 5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed
About this work
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.
