Study of hands and figures

Study of hands and figures

Studieblad met een jonge man, een negerin met kind en een Parisoordeel of heksensabbat

RP-T-1897-A-3487

This study demonstrates Jacques de Gheyn’s drawing process. He recorded his fanciful ideas directly onto paper in pen and ink with seeming effortlessness. The group of figures in the upper right is difficult to decipher. Two old witches seem to be initiating three young witches into diabolic rituals.

draughtsman: Jacques de Gheyn (II)

1604

pen in donkerbruin op kardoespapier

height 365 mm x width 258 mm

purchase 1897

Public domain

To refer to this object, please use the following persistent URL:

https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200118551