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This very small picture is one of a number of works on copper that Annibale Carracci painted shortly after his arrival in Rome in 1594. It tells the story of the temptation of Saint Anthony Abbot, an early Christian hermit who was famous for having resisted several attempts by the devil to shake him out of his monastic virtue.
Annibale’s version is a supreme example of compressed narrative, achieved through dramatic lighting and a tightly controlled composition. We are not sure who this work was painted for – it was recorded in the Villa Borghese, Rome, in 1650 and was perhaps made for Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V.
Title
Christ appearing to Saint Anthony Abbot during his Temptation
Date
about 1598
Medium
Oil on copper
Measurements
H 49.5 x W 34.4 cm
Accession number
NG198
Acquisition method
Bought, 1846
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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