Print made by Abraham Blooteling, 1640–1690, Dutch, The Temptation of Saint Anthony, undated
- Title:
- The Temptation of Saint Anthony
- Additional Title(s):
The Temptation of St. Anthony
The Temptation of St Anthony- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Mezzotint on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 18 13/16 × 11 11/16 inches (47.8 × 29.7 cm), Sheet: 14 5/8 × 9 1/16 inches (37.2 × 23 cm), Image: 14 1/8 × 9 1/16 inches (35.9 × 23 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "175"; inscribed on mount, lower right: "ok"; inscribed on mount verso, lower left: "75"; lower center: "23"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Camilo Prochacino delineauit."; lower right: "A. Blooteling fecit. et excud."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1970.3.7
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- attacking | chains | demons | devil | dragons | horns | killing | men | portrait | religious and mythological subject | saint | satyr | serpents | St. Antony Abbot tormented by devils, attacking him on the ground or carrying him aloft | temptation | wings | woman
- Associated People:
- Anthony the Great (c. 251–356)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:21893
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Darkness Into Light - The Early Mezzotint (Yale University Art Gallery, 1976-02-03 - 1976-04-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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