Boetius Adams Bolswert
Sanctus Antoninus
- (c. 1610–1612), engraving
- 5.83 x 3.7 in. (14.8 x 9.3 cm.) [image]
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
- 447 x 675 (65 KB)
Editor’s Note:
The engraving above is from plate no.4 in the first series in the book, Sylva Anachoretica Aegypti et Palaestinae (Antwerp: Hendrik Aerts, 1619).
It is most probably a copy of the oil painting, Temptation of Saint Anthony (c. 1570's), by the Italian painter Leon Orsi.
Here is a close up of the pig:
