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Painting of a haloed bearded saint with a staff on a path through barren hills at sunset, with a small deer and a red-roofed building.

Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness

A bearded saint with a gold halo and a walking staff stands on a winding path in a barren hillside landscape at dusk. Bare trees, a small deer, and a white animal lie in the foreground, while a red-roofed building and a sunset sky with dark birds fill the distance. Tempera and gold on wood.

Artist
Sano di Pietro (Ansano di Pietro di Mencio)
Date
ca. 1440
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2829 × 3874 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1445).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Español: San Antonio Abad en el desierto

Un santo barbado con aureola dorada y un bastón se encuentra de pie en un sendero sinuoso, en una ladera árida al atardecer. En primer plano hay árboles sin hojas, un pequeño ciervo y un animal blanco; a lo lejos se ven un edificio con techo rojo y un cielo de atardecer con aves oscuras. Temple y oro sobre madera.

Português: Santo Antão Abade no deserto

Um santo barbudo com auréola dourada e um cajado caminha por uma trilha sinuosa em uma encosta árida ao entardecer. No primeiro plano há árvores sem folhas, um pequeno cervo e um animal branco; ao fundo, um edifício de telhado vermelho e um céu de pôr do sol com aves escuras. Têmpera e ouro sobre madeira.

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