Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony Roelandt Savery Flemish, 1617 Oil on panel&
Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony Roelandt Savery Flemish, 1617 Oil on panel 19 5/16 x 37 in. 2008.73 Transforming the theme of the temptation of Saint Anthony into a celebration of nature’s magnificence, Flemish landscape and still life painter Roelandt Savery depicted the hermit Anthony reading a Bible–oblivious to the antics of numerous fantastic demons–while seated in a rustic cell. His wooden hut is nestled in a majestic and thickly wooded alpine wilderness, the true subject of Savery’s painting. -- source link
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