MANDIJN, Jan
(b. ca. 1500, Haarlem, d. 1559, Antwerpen)
MANDIJN, Jan (b. ca. 1500, Haarlem, d. 1559, Antwerpen) |
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Temptation of St Anthony-Oil on panel, 45 x 62 cm Private collection | |
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Although Hieronymus Bosch died in 1516, his work inspired numerous artists of the 16th and 17th centuries. The temptation of St Anthony is a frequently treated subject in Northern European art of the Renaissance. Mandijn drew inspiration for the present panel from Bosch's famous triptych treating this subject, particularly from the final panel in which the saint is confronted by the ultimate temptation: that of the flesh. | |
