Current knowledge
Royal Collection 404717
Adam Elsheimer
Witch Riding Backwards on a Goat
Current measurements:
13.6cm x 9.9cm
Date:
1596-8
Van der Doort 1639
Said to be Elsheimer before he was in Italy from a print of Albrecht Durer
Little piece, Witch, riding upon a black ram goat in the air with a distaff in her hand, 4 little cupids in several actions nearby (playing with sticks and a globe, in strange postures)
Sale Inventory c.1649-51
Walpole Society reference (1972):