A dude by the name of Frans Francken II painted _The Witches' Kitchen_
in the sixteenth century. I very much desire a high-quality print of
this work, larger rather than smaller. I'd like a high-quality digital
image as well.
I haven't had any luck obtaining either. I'd settle for a smaller,
lower-quality rendition if big, beautiful prints are really expensive. Books, Listed by Author::
24th printing. * _The Face (HarperCollins UK 0-00-713071-6, Feb 2004, £6.99, 672pp, pb) Reprint collection of short novel The White Trash Witches Coven
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References to _The Witches' Kitchen_ point to a Dutch artist of Jaques
de Gheyn, who worked in the 1500s. Are you certain of the title of
the work?
Can you describe what the painting depicts? This would aid greatly in
pinpointing the exact work you have in mind.
Hi! Thanks so much for the detailed comments!
I'm familar with the work on the bestpriceart.com site, also by Francken II,
also with witches -- unfortunately it's not the one I'm looking for. And yes,
I'm sure I'm looking for a work by a Francken, and I have no reason to believe
the title isn't as I gave it.
Some features of the painting (from memory, unfortunately) include a witch
tending a cauldron (center or a little to the left), a witch rubbing another
with unguent (a little to the right) and others disrobing for the same
treatment, and a witch flying away astride a broomstick (up a chimney perhaps?)
mimbres.com is almost certainly talking about the same picture as I.
Presumably the "reproductions" that site mentions are books that reproduce
the work; short of finding an incredibly good color photocopier, this
doesn't do me a lot of good. Note also that one of the two references
(Gari 1987) doesn't seem to appear in the bibliography provided.
I believe the work mentioned at saskia.com is the one I'm looking for. I'd
actually run across this page earlier, but I don't have the necessary academic
credentials. (High-quality slides for $7! *swoon*) Contacting the museum
directly is a good idea, but I was hoping Google Answers could provide me
with a solution that involves less legwork and a greater chance of success,
such as a source for commercial prints.
Elizabeth, thank you for the final link -- it is entrancing.
Apologies for not being more specific about the content of the work; I
had thought a name and a title would be enough. Books, Listed by Author::
10th printing. * _The Time of the Dark (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648006-3, Apr _The Witches of Wenshar (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32934-1, Mar 90 [Feb 90]
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A descendant of the Mayfair Witches encounters the Vampires. _The Queen of the Damned (Ballantine 0-345-35152-5, Oct 2000, $7.99, 491pp, pb)
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Hi,
The print you are looking for may take a little off line effort on
your part.
Saskia, Ltd.
http://www.saskia.com/Default.asp
Cultural Documentation
5 Horizon Lane
Freeport, Maine 04032
1 (877) Saskia-2
int'l +1-207-865-7080
Fax: (207) 865-4336
Does have a small slide of the panel, but as one of the comments below
indicates, in order to purcase slides from them you must be an
educational institutions, or a qualified professional affiliated with
an educational institution.
If that is the case just go to the site, set up an account and order
the slide. It costs $6.95 and you can bring it to any print shop to
have a poster made.
According to the citation the original oak panel can be found at
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. A search of their site and
collections does nor lead to any Francken pieces.
They do have some posters, but not the one you are requesting - none
by Francken.
http://ecomm.khm.at/cgi-bin/khmmuseumsshop.storefront/3ceca6751e2452ad271bc1ab3ff60718/Catalog/1011/9
http://www.ladythunder.com/postoffice.html
has a copy of the print available as a postcard.
"Witch 7
Hieronymus Francken the Elder's The Witches' Kitchen (1610) reflects
the spirit of the painter's age in its fevered and fanciful
representation of a witches' coven..."
She attributes the work to the brother so I did another search using
his namne, but wasn't able to find a site that switched the painters.
Email:thunder@ladythunder.com -
Chat: http://www.hotmessenger.com/ - she says that she is "bewitching"
there most evenings after 9pm EST, except for Tuesdays -
Her icq # is 9050652.
If you contact her you should be able to find out where she got the
copy of the print on her site and follow that route to getting one for
yourself.
In "The Holistic Path" Jonathon Ott states:"Frans Francken's sixteenth
century The Witches' Kitchen beautifully depicts the preparation,
application, aeronautic and visionary properties of the ointments (see
Gari 1987 and Harner 1973 for reproductions of Goya and Francken)."
The reference to Harner is the book "The Way of the Shaman " by
Michael Harner which you can find at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0062503731/102-9572113-4958512
Michael Harner is closely associated with Esalen
http://www.esalen.org/info/information.index.shtml
By E-mail:info@esalen.org (please allow 72 hours for a reply)
The most likely avenues for obtaining the picture are ordering the
slide if you can; contacting ladythunder which would probably be the
simplest or emailing Michael Harner in care of Esalen.
It will take a little work, but you should be able to have the print
fairly soon.
Search terms used: Frans Francken II Witches' Kitchen
Hope it works out. It is a fantastic piece.
Be well,
bcguide-ga Books, Listed by Author::
_The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magicians Nephew/The Lion, Third printing. * _The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (HarperTrophy 0-06-447110-1, Mar 2002,
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( CNB) Sixth Ace printing. * _The Witches of Karres (Gollancz 0-575-04309-1, Aug 88, £3.50, 344pp, pb) _The Witches of Karres (SFBC #01480, Aug 92, $7.98,
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Hi allegory-ga,
Getting a print of the other one you liked "Devil s Sabbath" from
http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~nix/hexen/galerie/d-magie.htm
can probably be obtained the same way.
Dr. Dietmar Nix is the one who put the page together. He is at the
University of Cologne.
His email is: d.nix@gmx.de
Enjoy,
bcguide-ga
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Print of _The Witches' Kitchen_ by Frans Francken II