In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The group of demonic figures attacking Saint Anthony was inspired by the Martin Schongauer engraving of the same subject from about 1475, though the extensive landscape is a fine example of Cranach's individual style. The Temptation of Saint Anthony has possible connections to the Chancellor of Wittenberg University, Goswin von Orsoy (1450-1515), who was also the preceptor of the Antonite monastery at nearby Lichtenburg. The group of buildings in the scene may represent this monastery, which was later destroyed; the monastery also owned a chapel in Wittenberg where there was an altarpiece of Saint Anthony.
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Lucas Cranach the Elder — The Temptation of St. Anthony
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — Revelation of St. John:
Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) — The Temptation of
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — Revelation of St. John:
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — Life of the Virgin: Jo
Albrecht Dürer — Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon, from "Th
Albrecht Dürer — The Apocalyptic Woman, from "The Apocalypse
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — Joachim and the Angel
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Life of the Virgin:
Albrecht Dürer — Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon, from "Th
Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) — The Beast with Seven He
Martin Schongauer — Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons
