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The Triptych of Temptation of St. Anthony is an oil painting on wood panels by the Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch, dating from around 1501.The work portrays the mental and spiritual torments endured by Saint Anthony the Great (Anthony Abbot), one of the most prominent of the Desert Fathers of Egypt in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries.
Matthias Grünewald, inner right wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece depicting the Temptation of St. Anthony, 1512-1516 (oil on panel). The Temptation of Saint Anthony is an often-repeated subject in the history of art and literature, concerning the supernatural temptation reportedly faced by Saint Anthony the Great during his sojourn in the Egyptian desert.
St. Anthony the Abbot is portrayed in meditation, in a sunny landscape near the trunk of a dry tree. St. Anthony is a recurrent figure in Bosch's work, with up to 15 paintings of this subject, all inspired by legends told in the Golden Legend and in his Life by Athanasius of Alexandria. He is represented in a setting of solitude and temptation ...
Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony is one of the most famous Bosch's works along with The Garden of Earthly Delights. It shows Saint Anthony being tempted or assailed in the desert by demons, whose temptations he resisted; the Temptation of St Anthony (or Trial...) is the more common name of the subject.
X-rays of The Martyrdom of St. Julia showing the painting originally depicted donors on the left and right: The Temptation of St. Anthony (left, central and right panels) c. 1500–1510 Oil on wood 131.5 × 225 cm Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal: The Temptation of St. Anthony (Reverse side of the outer panels) c. 1500–1510 Oil ...
The Temptation of Saint Anthony is an oil-on-oak, single-panel painting by the Early Netherlandish artist Hieronymus Bosch, executed c.1500-1510. [1] The painting features a scene from the life of Saint Anthony in which he was being tempted to sin by demonic spirits. [2]
Artists and authors have long represented the temptation of St. Anthony in their art. Many homages to Bosch's Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony were made, of which Craesbeeck clearly draws inspiration. A large screaming head dominates the painting, spewing forth many devils as a metaphor for evil thoughts given physical form.
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