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The Temptation of Christ

1400s

Master L Cz

(German)
Culture
Germany
Medium
engraving
Measurements
Sheet: 22.8 x 16.8 cm (9 x 6 5/8 in.); Mat Size: 48.7 x 36.2 cm (19 3/16 x 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1954.743
Catalogue raisonné
Lehrs VI.326.2
State
only state
Public Domain
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Following his baptism, Christ fasted in the wilderness for 40 days, after which he was tempted three times by the devil. In this scene, the devil points to some stones. “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread,” the devil taunts. Satan is depicted in a loathsome manner with horns, a scaly body, and wings and claws for hands and feet. Because the desert was the traditional home of demons, temptation in one form or another lay in wait for those who ventured there, as seen here and in the depictions of Saint Anthony of Egypt nearby.
A vertically oriented print in black ink depicts Christ, a bearded man with light skin tone and long hair, standing on the left in draped robes. He raises his right hand toward a monstrous, winged creature on the right with antlers, birdlike feet, and a secondary face on its belly. They stand in a rocky landscape with a distant fortified city and a goat on a cliff. A monogram sits at the bottom.

The Temptation of Christ

1400s

Master L Cz

(German)
Germany

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