The Witches' Sabbath | Eugène Delacroix | 1833 Size:14"x11" This portrayal by Ravi Varma

This portrayal by Ravi Varma emphasizes the duality of creation and destruction

Their extended hands reach gently toward Jesus

The painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1844

The soft lighting contrasts the muscular tension of Saturn with the innocence and vulnerability of the child

possibly a hunter

The Witches' Sabbath | Eugène Delacroix | 1833 Size:14"x11" This portrayal by Ravi VarmaEugne Delacroixs The Witches Sabbath (1833) is a turbulent and nocturnal vision of supernatural frenzy set within a desolate, storm swept landscape. Rendered with energetic, swirling brushwork and dark, smouldering tones, the composition gathers a mass of distorted, writhing figures engaged in a demonic rite, while ruined architecture looms ominously in the background. The painting embodies Romanticisms fascination with the macabre, the irrational,