Carrington, Leonora
Leonora Carrington, British, (b. 1917) – here are several pig-themed works including The Temptation of St. Anthony, Los Visitants [The Visitors], Nacimento de Cerdos [Pig-rush], Argument, and Pig Pig Bite Snake.
Subject: St. Anthony
Poets and artists who have considered St. Anthony Abbot, patron saint of swineherds.
Cock, Jan Wellens de
Jan Wellens de Cock, Flemish, (c.1480-before 1527) – art works include: The Temptation of St. Anthony. Cock was a painter and draughtsman.
Colini, Vojen Wilhelm Cech
Vojen Wilhelm Cech Colini, Czech, (1924-2010) – art works include: Temptation of Saint Anthony III and Meditation on the Passion. Colini works only in egg tempera, he developed a unique style – surrealism, with a Renaissance overlay.
Cosimo, Piero di
Piero di Cosimo, Italy, (1462-1521). Works include: The Visitation with Saint Nicholas and Saint Anthony Abbot. Cosimo, also known as Piero di Lorenzo, has been characterized as a highly eccentric character, an abstract and unique genius, often shutting himself away to devote his time to the finer problems of his art.
Crayer, Gaspard de
Dutch, (1584-1669) The Virgin and the Jesus Child with the Saints Domenica, Antoine, Augustin, Monique, Dorothée and Barbe (c. 1638 – 1648), oil-base paint on fabric 106.3 x 152.4 in. (270 cm X 387 cm.) Musée du Louvre Editor’s Note: Below is a close up of the pig above: About the Artist Gaspard de Crayer, … Read more
Crivelli, Taddeo
Italy, (fl. after 1451; d. by 1479) Saint Anthony Abbot (1469), tempera colors, gold leaf, and gold paint on parchment Leaf: 3.2 x 4.25 in. (7.9 x 10.8 cm.) Getty Museum, Los Angeles Editor’s Note: The image of St. Anthony here is from the illuminated manuscript known today as the “Gualenghi-d’Este Hours.” As most books … Read more
Daumier, Honoré
France, (1808-1879) La Tentation [the Temptation] (1835), lithograph 8.6 x 11 in. (21.9 x 27.9 cm.) [image] Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Le Boucher [the Butcher] (ndg.), charcoal, pen, and black ink Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Le Charcutier [the Pork Butcher] (ndg.), lithograph with hand coloring Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco … Read more
Flemish Annunciation
The Annunciation with Virgin Mary, St. Anne, Gabriel, and St. Antoine Abbot – Anonymous, Flemish Schools of the North, 15th century (c. 1490 – 1500).
Forrest, Frederick
British, (fl. 1766) St. Anthony and his Pig. A Cantata Recitative LET clownish Cymon, in fond rustic strains, To lovely Iphigene declare his pains; Let tink’ring Tom for dustcart Sylvia pine, I sing St. Anthony and his fav’rite swine: Who, strange to tell, like you and I could speak, When other grov’ling pigs could … Read more
Goltzius, Hendrik
Dutch, (1558-1617) St. Anthony Tempted (c. 16th century), engraving 8.1 x 5.6 in. (20.6 x 14.1 cm.) Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Editor’s Note: Here is a close up of the pig above: About the Artist Hendrik Goltzius, Dutch, (1558-1617). Goltzius was a printmaker, painter and engraver. He was a leading figure of the … Read more