St. Anthony in a cave kneels in prayer, above him visions of a hare pursued by hounds and hunters. Surrounding him in the cave are a group of men and women either in the process of tempting him or preparing to torture him; a rooster crows in front of him as a frog holds a candle
Alternative Title:
Temptation of St. Anthony
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on the mount, below the drawing., Date from correspondence between Walpole and Bentley, 15 August 1755. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 35, p. 242-3., Signed by Bentley with his monogram in lower left of image., and Formerly mounted on leaf 9 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Subject (Name):
Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356.
