Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.310)Sacred Art & IconographyThe Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.310)Black and red chalk, Antoine Coypel, ca. 1695, Metropolitan Museum of Art 2022.310Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.310)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saul-witchofendor-met-2022-310.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.310). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saul-witchofendor-met-2022-310Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-the-shade-of-the-prophet-samuel-invoked, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.310)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/saul-witchofendor-met-2022-310}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA black and red chalk drawing titled "The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor," by Antoine Coypel, ca. 1695, depicting the episode in which Saul, the first king of Israel, disguises himself and seeks out the medium at Endor to summon the dead prophet Samuel's spirit on the eve of his final battle. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawings and Prints department, under accession 2022.310.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Cross-Tradition ConnectionsBelongs to TraditionJudaism, Religions Well-attested Source The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor, accession 2022.310 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsSaul, Figures Well-attested The Met's own title for this drawing names the subject outright, "King Saul," a direct identification rather than a bare thematic tag.Source The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor, accession 2022.310 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1SourcesThe Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor, accession 2022.310 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 2022.310View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year