Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius

Title

Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius

Draughtsman

• Cornelis van Dalem

Period Produced

• 16th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• gouache
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• brush drawing
• gold highlight

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Captions Added Later

Bezeichnet unten rechts (von fremder Hand, mit der Feder in Dunkebraun): BRVEGHEL 1561
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Gotisches P mit Blume

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired before 1830

Genre

• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Persons Shown

• Anthony of Padua (saint)

Associated Persons and Institutions

• Jacobus de Voragine

Illustrated Passage

• Die Legenda aurea des Jacobus de Voragine, übersetzt von Richard Benz, Heidelberg 1984

Primary

• 11H(ANTONY ABBOT)352 the erotic visions of St. Antony Abbot: he is tempted by (naked) women, but drives them off by praying, or by showing them a crucifix

Secondary

• 25H213 river
• 41A18 hut, cabin, lodge
• 25H119 cave, grotto
• 31AA545(+3) taking a bath - AA - in the open air (+ many persons)

Historic Attribution

• Pieter Bruegel the Elder draughtsman