id: 163757 accession number: 2005.179 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.179 updated: 2023-01-19 15:24:13.215000 The Temptation of Saint Anthony (second version), 1635. Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635). Etching; sheet: 35.6 x 46.3 cm (14 x 18 1/4 in.); platemark: 31 x 45.8 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 2005.179 title: The Temptation of Saint Anthony (second version) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1635 creation date earliest: 1635 creation date latest: 1635 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: France, 17th century technique: etching department: Prints collection: PR - Etching type: Print find spot: catalogue raisonne: Lieure 1416, state II/V --- CREATORS * Jacques Callot (French, 1592–1635) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 35.6 x 46.3 cm (14 x 18 1/4 in.); Platemark: 31 x 45.8 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: medium weight antique laid paper watermarks: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft opening date: 2015-02-15T00:00:00 The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 15-June 14, 2015). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * The Cleveland Museum of Art (2/15/2015 - 6/14/2015); "The Novel and the Bizarre: Salvator Rosa's Scenes of Witchcraft" --- PROVENANCE Samuel Josefowitz Lausanne, Switzerland date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: The Witches' Sabbath was said to be the meeting of sinister forces for devil worship through dancing, feasting, or sacrifices. In depicting this orgy of bodies and monsters, artists often borrowed from religious imagery. Numerous Renaissance images provided Jacques Callot with a litany of fantastic creatures for his widely influential Temptation of Saint Anthony, depicting the steadfast saint as he endures the mental and spiritual tortures of hell. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.179/2005.179_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.179/2005.179_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2005.179/2005.179_full.tif