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Isenheim Altarpiece: Temptation of St Anthony
Matthias Grunewald
1510-1515
Oil on panel, 265 x 141 (139) cm
Colmar, Musee d'Unterlinden
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In the works of Northern masters, realistic landscapes of Italian painters are transformed into fantasy-scapes in which anthropomorphic forms mix with imaginary ones. These often accompany the usual Christian motifs, like a temptation of Saint Anthony, representing a bizarre mixture of legend and pure imagination. Such paintings were also intended to scare the believers. |
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