The Many Temptations of St. Anthony the Great (II)
25 de maig de 2017
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One of the best depictions of the ordeals that St. Anthony Abbot went through during his retirement in the desert is an engraving from the very late Middle Ages (ca. 1470-75) by the Alsatian Martin Schöngauer (ca. 1435/50-1491): “St. Antonius von Dämonen gepeinigt” (St. Anthony tormented by demons). As the title says, the work focuses