# St Anthony Abbot and St Paul the Hermit \(detail\) [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VELAZQUEZ, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary St Anthony Abbot and St Paul the Hermit \(detail\) c. 1635 Oil on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid The detail depicts the raven bringing the two saints a loaf of bread from heaven. The <A onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/durer/2/12/4\_1510/00abbot.html'\)" HREF="/html/d/durer/2/12/4\_1510/00abbot.html">woodcut by Albrecht Dürer,</A> which probably served as a model for this composition, also shows the raven flying down to bring the hermits a loaf of bread, in the same attitude as in Velázquez's painting. ## Related artworks - [A White Horse]() - [A Young Man \(detail\)]() - [Abbess Jerónima de la Fuente]() - [Aesop]() - [Arachne]() - [Breakfast]() - [Cardinal Infante Don Fernando as a Hunter]() - [Christ in the House of Mary and Martha \(detail\)]() - [Christ in the House of Mary and Martha]() - [Christ on the Cross]() - [Court Dwarf Don Antonio el Inglés]() - [Democritus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()