Saul consults Samuel after the witch of Endor has conjured him from the dead; demons crowd the background. Engraving by A. Laurent, 17--, after S. Rosa.

  • Rosa, Salvatore, 1615-1673.
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[between 1700 and 1799]
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40543i
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Saul consults Samuel after the witch of Endor has conjured him from the dead; demons crowd the background. Engraving by A. Laurent, 17--, after S. Rosa. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible, O.T. 1 Samuel 28

Publication/Creation

[Place of publication not identified] : Andreas Hay, [between 1700 and 1799]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; image 42.6 x 31.69 cm

Lettering

Viro optimo atque eruditissimo Richardo Mead medico regio omnium bonarum artium cultori hanc Salvatoris Rosæ tabulam observantiæ ergo. DDD. Andreas Hay. S. Rosa pinx. A. Laurentius f.

References note

Yves Sjöberg, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, tome 13, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, Paris 1974, p. 12, André Laurent no. 9 ('9. La Pythonisse d'Endor, d'après Salvator Rosa. Entourée de squelettes et d'animaux nocturnes, la Pythonisse à dr., évoque l'ombre de Samüel. Des vapeurs s'élèvent au-dessus d'un trépied, tandis que Saül, à dr. tombé à terre, contemple avec effarement l'apparition. Signé en bas à g., sur l'estampe: "Salvator Rosa pinx. A Laurentius f." En marge, de part et d'autre des armes: "Viro optimo atque erudissimo Richardo Mead medico regio omnium bonarum artium culturi hanc Salvatoris Rosa tabulam observantiae ergo. D. D. D. Andréas Hay." Sur la banderole des armes, la devise: "Non tibi sed toti." Eau-forte. H. 0 m 430 x L. 0 m 295. Deux épr. … La toile de Salvator Rosa a été peinte en 1668. Elle se trouve au Louvre. Voir: Frédéric Villot. Notice des tableaux... du Musée Impérial du Louvre, t. I, Paris 1853, p. 203, no. 359.')
Martin Myrone, Gothic nightmares: Fuseli, Blake and the romantic imagination, London: Tate, 2006, p. 125
Dreams and nightmares: Kent Print Collection second exhibition, Canterbury, England, 2007, no. 22, pp. 30-31

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Wellcome Collection 40543i

Creator/production credits

Dedicated to Dr. Richard Mead

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After: a painting by Rosa in the Louvre (Salerno no. 210)

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