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Temptation of St. Anthony, Pieter Brueghel, the younger, Dresden Gallery.
a skull on a rock, beside a crucifix and an hour-glass; around him, demons in many forms. Collection of Louis XVIII.—Villiot, Cat. Louvre.
By David Teniers, younger. Examples in Amsterdam, Dresden, Vienna, and Madrid Galleries, and in private collections.
By Tintoretto, S. Trovaso (SS. Gervasio e Protasio), Venice; canvas. The Saint surrounded by a demon, trying to pull off his mantle, and three female figures; the one on the left, representing avarice, a bright-*eyed Venetian beauty, has one hand in a vase of coins, while she shakes golden chains with the other; the one on the other side, a type of the lusts of the flesh, appears to have been baffled for the time; the recumbent one may possibly mean indolence. A picture of careful finish and noble workmanship. Engraved by Agos. Carracci (1582).—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 360; Bartsch, xviii. 69.
ANTHONY THE ABBOT, ST., Paolo
Veronese, Brera, Milan; canvas, H. 9 ft. × 6
ft. 2 in. St. Anthony enthroned on a pedestal
with alabaster panels; at sides, SS. Cornelius
and Cyprian; in front, a page kneeling
holding a large volume. From S. Antonio,
island of Torcello, near Venice.—Eastlake,
Brera, 82; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 52.
ANTHONY THE ABBOT AND PAUL
THE HERMIT, Velasquez, Madrid Museum;
canvas, H. 8 ft. 4 in. × 6 ft. St. Anthony in
white and St. Paul in brown robe, seated
before a grotto, thanking Heaven for food
brought them by a raven; at left, two lions
making a grave, while St. Anthony is praying
over dead body of St. Paul. Painted in
1659 for Hermitage of S. Antonio at Buen
Retiro. Original sketch sold for £25 at
King Louis Philippe sale.—Madrazo, 595;
Curtis, 8.
ANTHONY OF PADUA, ST., GLORY
OF, Moretto, S. M. delle Grazie, Brescia; canvas,
life size. St. Anthony of Padua with
the palm, seated high up in a large niche,
beneath which stand SS. Nicholas of Tolentino
and Anthony the Abbot, the latter with
