# A Young Witch

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## Artwork

- Artist: [UNKNOWN MASTER, Flemish](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/unknown-master-flemish-r352cb7184742a1>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oil on panel

## Commentary

Witchcraft was a practice in the Middle Ages which involved contact with the devil and was universally condemned. The present Flemish panel represents magic at its most banal. A young witch has used her powers to cast a love-spell on the youth who enters at the back.

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## Attribution

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