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DÜRER, Albrecht: The Four Witches

🖼 The Four Witches, 1497
Engraving
190 × 131 cm
Nuremberg, Germany

Rendered in precise engraving, four nude female figures occupy a cramped interior space, their bodies intertwined with supernatural symbols and demonic creatures. Dürer's 1497 print explores Renaissance anxieties about witchcraft, sexuality, and the occult, blending Northern European mysticism with classical anatomical study.

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E. H. Gombrich
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