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Temptation of Saint Anthony

Hieronymus Bosch
1505-1506
Grisaille on panel, 131 x 53 cm
Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
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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.
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