Frans Francken the Younger
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Frans Francken the Younger was a Flemish painter and the best-known and most prolific member of the large Francken family of artists. He painted large altarpieces for churches as well as smaller histo
Frans Francken by Anthony van Dyck
Allegory on Emperor Charles V's abdication in Brussels
Witches' Kitchen, 1606
Mankind's Eternal Dilemma: The Choice Between Virtue and Vice
Witches' Sabbath
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A Witches' Sabbath is a purported gathering of those believed to practice witchcraft and other rituals. The phrase became especially popular in the 20th century.
Frans Francken the Younger
…Francken the Younger's pupils included Daniel Hagens (1616/17), the Monogrammist N.F., his brother Hieronymus II and his son Frans III. Work General Witches' Kitchen, 1606 Francken was a versatile artist who practiced in many genres and introduced new subjects into Flemish art. Many of his works are small historical…
An illustration of Witches' Sabbath by Martin van Maële, from the 1911 edition of the book La Sorcière, by Jules Michelet
Sixteenth-century Swiss representation of Sabbath gathering from the chronicles of Johann Jakob Wick. Note the horned god seated on serpent-enlaced throne, witch performing the osculum infame upon a demon and another being aided by a demon to summon a storm from her cauldron, while others carouse and prepare magic potions
Index of a 1574 printing of Malleus Maleficarum
Witches' Sabbath. Johannes Praetorius: Blockes-Berges Verrichtung, Leipzig, 1668