The Witches (Hans Baldung)
The Witches is a chiaroscuro woodcut by German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung. This woodcut depicts witches preparing to travel to a Witches' Sabbath by using flying ointment. This is the first woodcut produced by Baldung after leaving the studio of his mentor, Albrecht Dürer, and one of the first Renaissance images to depict both witches that fly and a Witches' Sabbath.
The Witches (Hans Baldung)
Hans Baldung's monogram, "HB."
The gray-toned print.
The orange-toned print.
Hans Baldung, called Hans Baldung Grien,, was a painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist, who was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer and whose art belongs to both German Renaissance and Mannerism.
Self-portrait, 1516 (detail from the High altar of Freiburg Minster)
Portrait of a Man, 1514
Self-portrait, c. 1502
Crucifixion (1512)