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| Keywords: Agostino Tassi - Landscape with a Scene of Witchcraft - Walters 371145.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Q18748346 Creator Agostino Tassi A witch seated in a landscape and accompanied by a monster is casting spells with macabre objects including a human skull Tassi specialized in the representation of landscapes and architecture In this painting he has imagined the forest as a place beyond civilization where demonic powers can be unleashed The belief in witchcraft was common during Tassi's time In romance poetry witches were often described as beautiful and seductive creatures and Tassi painted his image in this vein Zeri Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery 319 447-448 between 1620 1644 Baroque Oil on canvas Painted surface cm 63 2 74 5 ; Stretcher cm 64 5 75 9 ; Framed cm 91 44 102 24 13 34 accession number 37 1145 34645 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome prior to 1897 mode of acquisition unknown 1897 catalogue no 423 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 Hot Dry Men; Cold Wet Women Williams College Museum of Art Williamstown 1993 Nature et Ideal Galeries nationales du Grand Palais Paris; Museo Nacional del Prado Madrid 2011 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Agostino Tassi Landscape with a Scene of Witchcraft Paintings in the Walters Art Museum Tassi Witches in paintings Baroque paintings of forests 17th-century oil on canvas paintings in the United States 17th-century landscape paintings Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
