Hans Wechtlin
Saint Anthony with a leper
- (c. 1517), woodcut
- U.S.National Library of Medicine
from: A Fieldbook of Wound Surgery by Hans Von Gersdorff (1517) - 366 x 575 (67 KB)
Editor’s Note:
In this woodcut St. Anthony stands reading from a book as a young man, possibly a leper, with a crutch and a pegged leg support, is appealing to him for aid. Note the Saint's tau cross staff with bells. St. Anthony's pig peers out from behind his robes. Note, also, the bell attached to the pigs ear.