The Four Witches (Four Naked Women)
1497
- Medium
- engraving
- Dimensions
- 19 × 13.1 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-218013
Licentious witches occupied a precarious place during the 16th and 17th centuries, due to their perceived seductive powers that threatened to overturn the patriarchal order of society. The four fleshy women of Albrecht Dürer's beguiling Four Witches exchange vague and shifting glances that suggest sinister intentions. The threatening atmosphere is emphasized by a devil lurking behind an open doorway at the left, and a globe hanging from the ceiling inscribed O.G.H. (O Gott hüte), a proverb that means "Oh God, save us"—in this instance, from these sensual witches.
Provenance
Wise by exchange, 1990.85
Registry history
- 1497 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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