Saul und die Hexe von Endor

Title

Saul und die Hexe von Endor

Draughtsman

• Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn school

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• white heightening
• pouncing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• composition study
• study after an etching?
• study after a drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nicht bezeichnet

Watermark

• Wappen mit Lamm Christi, darüber eine Krone

Work Catalogues

• Benesch V.254.911

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1906

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal
• mythological representation

Persons Shown

• Saul (king of Israel)
• Witch of Endor
• Philemon and Baucis
• Philemon
• Baucis
• Jupiter
• Mercury

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Ovid

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Altes Testament, 1. Samuel 28
• Ovid: Metamorphosen, 8, 611-724

Primary

• 71H314 Saul disguised as a soldier goes to the witch of Endor
• 71H3153 the witch of Endor serves Saul a meal

Alternative

• 95A(PHILEMON & BAUCIS)51 Philemon and his wife Baucis hospitably entertain Jupiter and Mercury in travellers' guise; possibly a goose, which they try to kill for the occasion, flies to the visitors for refuge

Alternative Attribution

• Arent de Gelder ? draughtsman; by written note
• after Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn inventor; by written note

Historic Attribution

• Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn draughtsman