Attributed To Cornelis De Baellieur I (1607 - 1671), Temptation Of St Anthony

Attributed to Cornelis de Baellieur I
Flemish painter
Antwerp 1607 – 1671 Antwerp
The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Oil on copper : 24,5 X 32,2 cm
Unsigned
18^th century wooden sculpted Louis XVI frame : 44,3 X 36,7 cm

Cornelis de Baellieur the Elder was an Antwerp painter who was strongly influenced by Frans Francken the Younger. Our painting partly copies a popular composition by Frans Francken II of which several versions exist: some are attributed to Frans Francken II or to his workshop, others to Cornelis de Baellieur I.

Saint Anthony was the first Christian who consecrated a large part of his life to solitude: an existence of abstinence and self-denial free of earthly attachments. Our painting shows how the devil attacked his mind with lustful thoughts and his body with seductive or frightful creatures.

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