Legend of St Anthony the Hermit,

um 1500

Material / Technology / Carrier

Eichenholz

Dimensions of the object

108,2 x 190,1 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal I

Department

Early German Painting

Genre

Painting

Inventory number

WAF 452

Acquisition

1827 aus der Sammlung Boisserée – seit 1923 Wittelsbacher Ausgleichsfonds

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Meister der heiligen Sippe, Legende des hl. Eremiten Antonius, um 1500, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/OrLb58Wx1V (Last updated on 22.07.2024)

The meeting with Paul of Thebes forms the centre of this painting: the hermits, sitting outside Paul’s cell next to the water fount, are brought bread by a raven. To the left and right in the background are seldom-depicted scenes from the legends of the two saints, including various ‘Temptations of St Anthony’. The Antonines of Cologne, for whom this panel was created, will have instructed the artist. The preceptor, Wenceslaus Ulner, in office between 1493 and 1518, is probably the donor kneeling on the right.