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Dark painting of a burning village and ruined arches, with grotesque demons tormenting a robed figure at centre.

The Temptation of St Anthony

A dense, dark panorama of a burning village and ruined arched architecture, where grotesque hybrid demons and a bald man in a yellow tunic torment a robed figure at the centre. Painted in warm ochres, reds and browns, with a pale sky showing at the upper right edge.

Artist
copy after Jheronimus Bosch
Date
1530-1600
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
4000 × 3120 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1600.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: La tentación de San Antonio

Un panorama denso y oscuro de un pueblo en llamas y arquitectura en ruinas con arcos, donde demonios grotescos e híbridos y un hombre calvo con túnica amarilla atormentan a una figura con ropaje en el centro. Pintado en ocres cálidos, rojos y marrones, con un cielo pálido visible en el borde superior derecho.

Português: A Tentação de Santo Antão

Um panorama denso e escuro de uma aldeia em chamas e arquitetura em ruínas com arcos, onde demônios grotescos e híbridos e um homem careca de túnica amarela atormentam uma figura de manto no centro. Pintado em ocres quentes, vermelhos e marrons, com um céu pálido visível na borda superior direita.

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