Title
The Bewitched Groom, 1544. Creator: Hans Baldung (German, 1484/85-1545).
Caption
The Bewitched Groom, 1544. Envious witches were maligned as deceitful, sexualized women, hags who toppled righteous men in their lustful quests. Baldung's bizarre and unsettling image depicts a noble male figure lying unconscious in an open room, as a glaring mare (a symbol of unrestrained sexuality) and flailing witch peer in. The angular nose and chin and sagging, bare breasts of the malevolent hag echo the face and bony chest of Veneziano's emaciated personification of Death.
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM19G10_309
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
47,6Mb (6,1Mb) / 10,6in x 17,4in / 3191 x 5216 (300dpi)