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The Temptation of Saint Anthony

The Temptation of Saint Anthony
(La Tentation de Saint Antoine) 
 1635

Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
31.2 × 45.9 cm (image) 35.8 × 46.3 cm (plate) 36.6 × 47.4 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Lieure 1416 iii/v
Edition
3rd of 5 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Israël Henriet, Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Jac. Callot Inuen. et fe
printed in ink (below image) l.c.: Cum Priuil. Reg. Israel excū. 1635.
printed in ink (below image) l.l.-l.r.: ILLVSTRISSIMO MAXIMOQVE VRIO D. D. LVDOVICO PHELYPEAVX DNO.(~ above N) DE LAVRILIERE COMITI CONSISTORIANO SACRARVM IVSSIONVMIIIIVIRO / IA. CALLOT VOVET DEDICAT CONSECRATQVE.
printed in ink (below image) l.l.: Informes laruæ cæcis ſtabulata latèbris / Monſtra ſuum rupère Chaos, atque agmine facto / Letiferis orbem violant lucemque venenis . / Tot ſcelerum facies Erebo mutauit Erèmum . / Intercà vaſti quid agis ſub fornice ſaxi
printed in ink (below image) l.r.: Sancte ſenex tantos ſentis et deſpicis hoſtes? / I Lil ſpirat mortale tibi: nec Gaudia pectus . / Blanda mouent, nec frangit Amor, nec funera tèrrent. / Mens jnfixa polo reparans=que ab Origine vires / Suſtinet in tèrris quas ridet in æthere pugnas
Accession Number
799-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1939
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display