The Four Witches (Four Naked Women), Albrecht Dürer, 1497

A skull, a devil and a mandrake root(?) hint that there might be more than initially meets the eye in Durer’s engraving of Four Naked Women. Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471--1528) The Four Witches (Four Naked Women), 1497 Engraving, 8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in. (21.6 x 15.6 cm) Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts