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The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1506. Woodcut in black on cream laid paper.
Woodcut in black on cream laid paper · Image, trimmed within block: 40.4 × 27 cm · Art Institute of Chicago
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- Museum title
- The Temptation of Saint Anthony
- Artist
- Lucas Cranach the Elder German, 1472-1553
- Date
- 1506
- Medium
- Woodcut in black on cream laid paper
- Dimensions
- Image, trimmed within block: 40.4 × 27 cm (15 15/16 × 10 11/16 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. Potter Palmer, II
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Artist’s life 1472–1553
View in the AtlasGaller’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.




