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The Temptation of Saint Anthony (second version)

1635

Jacques Callot

(French, 1592–1635)

France, 17th century

Etching

Support: Medium weight antique laid paper

Sheet: 35.6 x 46.3 cm (14 x 18 1/4 in.); Platemark: 31 x 45.8 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2005.179

Catalogue raisonné: Lieure 1416, state II/V

Location

not on view

Description

The Witches' Sabbath was said to be the meeting of sinister forces for devil worship through dancing, feasting, or sacrifices. In depicting this orgy of bodies and monsters, artists often borrowed from religious imagery. Numerous Renaissance images provided Jacques Callot with a litany of fantastic creatures for his widely influential Temptation of Saint Anthony, depicting the steadfast saint as he endures the mental and spiritual tortures of hell.

Provenance
Samuel Josefowitz Lausanne, Switzerland
Exhibition history

The Cleveland Museum of Art (2/15/2015 - 6/14/2015); "The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft"

The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 15-June 14, 2015).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2005.179