Temptation of St. Antony [art original]

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Title: Temptation of St. Antony [art original]
Alternative Title: Temptation of St. Anthony
Creator: Bentley, R. (Richard), 1708-1782, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1755]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: St. Anthony in a cave kneels in prayer, above him visions of a hare pursued by hounds and hunters. Surrounding him in the cave are a group of men and women either in the process of tempting him or preparing to torture him; a rooster crows in front of him as a frog holds a candle
Description: Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on the mount, below the drawing.
Date from correspondence between Walpole and Bentley, 15 August 1755. See Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence, v. 35, p. 242-3.
Signed by Bentley with his monogram in lower left of image.
Formerly mounted on leaf 9 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Provenance: Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 57, to William Knight, Esq., £4.2.0; London sale number lot 1255 of the 10th day of sale, with the lot number still preserved on spine. Sold by Spencer through Fletcher to W.S. Lewis for £210, May 1926.
Extent: 1 drawing : sheet 32.8 x 24.2 cm
Language: English

Genre: Watercolors English 18th century
Material: watercolor with ink and graphite ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356.
Subject (Topic): Saints
Temptation
Subjects: Anthony, of Egypt, Saint, approximately 250-355 or 356
Saints
Temptation
English > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: Richard Bentley, Temptation of St. Antony. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.