1906 – Witch picture: Postcard

Physical description:

Postcard of a painting by Francisco Goya of a group of witches menacing a kneeling man.

Museum classification:

Images of Witchcraft

Size:

15 x 10

Information:

'El Conjuro o Las Brujas' ('The Conjuration or The Witches'), painted 1797-8. There are some interesting details. One of the witches is sticking a large pin into an image, another holds a basket of apparently dead babies, another is reading from a book. The sky is full of shadowy owls, and floating just above the witches is a male figure, dissolving into cloud, holding what looks like two human bones.

Resource:

Picture

Materials:

Card

'El Conjuro o Las Brujas' ('The Conjuration or The Witches'), painted 1797-8. There are some interesting details. One of the witches is sticking a large pin into an image, another holds a basket of apparently dead babies, another is reading from a book. The sky is full of shadowy owls, and floating just above the witches is a male figure, dissolving into cloud, holding what looks like two human bones.