Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony

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Landscape with the Temptation of Saint Anthony

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Roelandt Savery

Flemish Artist · 1576–1639

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As a child, Roelandt Savery moved to Haarlem from the southern Netherlands. By 1591 he was probably studying with his brother Jacob and the artist Hans Bol in Amsterdam. For much of his career Savery traveled widely, working for Rudolf II in Prague and then Emperor Matthias, before settling in Utrecht in 1619. The nearly ten years Savery worked for Rudolf II, beginning about 1603, were decisive. H

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Date: 1617
Medium: Oil on panel
Culture: Flemish
Department: Paintings
Institution: Getty Museum

Transforming the theme of the temptation of Saint Anthony into a celebration of nature's magnificence, Flemish landscape and still life painter Roelandt Savery depicted the hermit Anthony reading a Bible--oblivious to the antics of numerous fantastic demons--while seated in a rustic cell. His wooden hut is nestled in a majestic and thickly wooded alpine wilderness, the true subject of Savery's painting.

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