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Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony Abbot
Also titled Landschap met de verzoeking van de heilige Antonius de Heremiet
c. 1510 - c. 1520
- Medium
- oil paint (paint), oak (wood)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- depth 6.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr and Mrs Kessler-Hülsmann, Kapelle op den Bosch
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
Joachim Patinir is considered one of the founders of landscape painting. He is chiefly famous for his ‘world landscapes’ in which a usually religious scene is subordinate to the panoramic surroundings. Here the hermit Anthony walks to a small lake to fetch water. Along the way, all sorts of monstrous creatures try to tempt him into abandoning his humble and pious life.
