# The Temptation of St Anthony

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SAFTLEVEN, Cornelis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saftleven-cornelis-re1b78027627393>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on oak panel, 34 x 27 cm

## Commentary

Saftleven painted several versions of this subject, the present picture being the earliest among them. The subject allowed him to indulge to the full his taste for painting the weird and unnatural creatures which populate his early pictures.

## Related artworks

- [A Farmstead Near a Stream](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saftleven-cornelis-re1b78027627393/a-farmstead-near-a-stream-rf0f2fe921c1038>)
- [Annunciation to the Shepherds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saftleven-cornelis-re1b78027627393/annunciation-to-the-shepherds-r32d8daf287253d>)
- [Huntsman Feeding His Dogs](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saftleven-cornelis-re1b78027627393/huntsman-feeding-his-dogs-r4133963ceed218>)
- [Self-Portrait with Easel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saftleven-cornelis-re1b78027627393/self-portrait-with-easel-rc7847fc29d9d6b>)
- [The Duet](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/saftleven-cornelis-re1b78027627393/the-duet-r02c56e7d989571>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)