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Martin Schongauer

The Temptation of St. Anthony

1470–75
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

Prints of Saint Anthony like this one were believed to function as protective tools against ergotism (also called St. Anthony's Fire), a disease causing painful putrefaction of the limbs cased by fungus found on rye.

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