Oil painting: The Temptation of St Anthony by Jan van der Venne, oil on panel.

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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

On display?

Yes
image a35 st anthony pcf

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