Lot 117
Lot 117
ÉCOLE FLAMANDE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE JAN BRUEGHEL L'ANCIEN

La Tentation de saint Antoine

Current Bid (13 Bids)EUR 16,000
Estimate
EUR 8,000 - EUR 12,000
Closing: 7 days
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ÉCOLE FLAMANDE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE JAN BRUEGHEL L'ANCIEN

La Tentation de saint Antoine

Current Bid (13 Bids)EUR 16,000
Closing: 7 days
Current Bid (13 Bids)EUR 16,000
Closing: 7 days
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ÉCOLE FLAMANDE DU XVIIe SIÈCLE, SUIVEUR DE JAN BRUEGHEL L'ANCIEN
La Tentation de saint Antoine
huile sur cuivre
36,2 x 55 cm (1414 x 2123 in.)
Provenance
Vente anonyme, Sotheby's, Olympia, Londres, 28 octobre 2004, lot 23 (comme entourage de Jan Brueghel l'Ancien).
Collection particulière.
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FLEMISH SCHOOL 17th CENTURY, FOLLOWER OF JAN BRUEGHEL THE ELDER, THE TEMPTATION OF SAINT ANTHONY, OIL ON COPPER

The Temptation of Saint Anthony, which recounts the spiritual trials and demonic visions suffered by Saint Anthony the Great, the founder of monasticism, is a popular hagiographic theme in art history. Monstrous creatures, seductive women, illusory riches... The infernal and demonic visions that assailed Saint Anthony allowed artists to explore the depths of human anguish and give free rein to their imagination.

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), like his father Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c.1525/1530-1569) before him (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, inv. WA1863.162), tackled the subject on several occasions in fantastic scenes in which grotesque creatures invade a desolate landscape. The present composition combines Breugelian inventions from different works by the Antwerp painter: the landscape dominated by the Temple of Vesta comes from the painting in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden (inv. 878), while the figures in the lower left-hand corner are from a drawing by the master in the Kupferstichkabinett of the Hamburger Kunsthalle (Hamburg, inv. 21762).
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