Witches' Sabbath, within a nocturnal landscape, a necromancer seated at top center wearing a robe and cap inscribed with Kabbalist symbols, below him to left a horse with the head of a beast, a ring of nude dancers to right, a robed with the head of a pig to left, various witches, sorcerers, strange animals, and monsters on the ground to left in the foreground, from 'The Sabbaths' (Les Sabbats)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: 'The Sabbaths' (Les Sabbats)
Artist: Claude Gillot
Artist bio: French, Langres 1673–1722 Paris
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1700–1720
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: image: 9 5/8 x 13 3/16 in. (24.4 x 33.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011
Accession year: 2012
Tags: Musical Instruments|Male Nudes|Female Nudes|Dancing|Monsters|Witches