H. Antonius bidt van de demonen verlost te worden, Antonio Tempesta, after Niccolò Circignani, after Giovanni Battista Lombardelli, 1598

Title(s)

H. Antonius bidt van de demonen verlost te worden
Het leven van de heilige Antonius de Grote (series title)

Object type

• print

Serial number

8/27

Object number

RP-P-H-G-74

Catalogue reference

• The Illustrated Bartsch 409-1(2)
• The Illustrated Bartsch 470
• Bartsch 463-489

Inscriptions / marks

• collector's mark: ‘Hinloopen’
• collector's mark: Lugt 11
• number: ‘4’

Description

H. Antonius bidt om van de demonen verlost te worden. Italiaanse en Latijnse tekst in twee kolommen in de ondermarge.

Artist

• print maker: Antonio Tempesta
• after painting by: Niccolò Circignani
• after painting by: Giovanni Battista Lombardelli
• publisher: Giovanni Orlandi
• unknown
• Cinzio Passeri Aldobrandini
• Antonio Tempesta

Place

print maker: Italy
after painting by: Rome
after painting by: Rome
publisher: Rome
Italy
Italy

Dating

1598

Material

• paper

Technique

etching

Measurements

height 231 mm × width 163 mm

What

• the hermit Antony Abbot (Antonius Abbas) of Egypt, also called the Great; possible attributes: bell, book, T-shaped staff, flames, pig
• the erotic visions of St. Antony Abbot: he is tempted by (naked) women, but drives them off by praying, or by showing them a crucifix
• devil(s) and demons

Credit line

• On loan from the City of Amsterdam

Acquisition

loan 1957

Copyright

Public domain

• Antonio Tempesta, Eckhard Leuschner, p. 253, cat.nr. 409
• Italian masters of the sixteenth century, Sebastian Buffa, p. 196, cat.nr. 470
• Le peintre graveur: [vol. 17: peintres ou dessinateurs italiens : maîtres du seizième siècle, 2], Adam von, 1757-1821 Bartsch, dl. 17, p. 139, cat.nr. 463-489