Oil painting: The Temptation of St Anthony by Jan van der Venne, oil on panel.
Key information
Museum number
A35
Object
Oil painting: The Temptation of St Anthony by Jan van der Venne, oil on panel.
Gallery label
The Temptation of St Anthony
Jan van der Venne (active 1616, died before 1651)
Oil on panel
Jan van der Venne of Brussels shows the hermit saint Anthony visited by violent temptations. A woman wrapped in soft satin beckons to him, while Avarice rattles a bulging purse. He is taunted by visionary demons: one has a skull bobbing on a snake-like neck, with a second head dripping from its nose. The artist contrasts the swirling movement of the fiends with the rock-like silence of St Anthony kneeling in prayer.
A35
A35
Jan van der Venne (active 1616, died before 1651)
Oil on panel
Jan van der Venne of Brussels shows the hermit saint Anthony visited by violent temptations. A woman wrapped in soft satin beckons to him, while Avarice rattles a bulging purse. He is taunted by visionary demons: one has a skull bobbing on a snake-like neck, with a second head dripping from its nose. The artist contrasts the swirling movement of the fiends with the rock-like silence of St Anthony kneeling in prayer.
A35
A35
On display?
Yes
