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Temptation of Saint Anthony
Hieronymus Bosch
1505-1506
Oil on panel, 131.5 x 53 cm (central panel), 131.5 x 53 cm (side panels, each)
Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga
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| | | Triptych with Flight and Failure of St Anthony (left wing), Temptation of St Anthony (central panel) and St Anthony in Meditation (right wing).
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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