Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
by Osservanza Master
Title
Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
Artist
Osservanza Master
Medium
Painting - Tempera And Gold On Wood
Description
This panel is part of a cycle of scenes depicting the life of the hermit Saint Anthony Abbot. The painter's penchant for original and descriptive narrative detail appears in the treatment of the desert landscape and its fauna (symbols of the saint's temptations) beneath the luminous sky at dusk. A pot of gold in the lower left corner (which has been scraped away) symbolized the seductive worldly goods that the stalwart saint resists.
The enigmatic Osservanza Master has variously been identified as Sassetta and also as the young Sano di Pietro, based on close stylistic affinities with these other Sienese artists. It is also possible that the paintings attributed to the Osservanza Master, including the altarpiece from which this panel originated, are the product of a collaborative workshop to which these artists belonged.
Title: Saint Anthony the Abbot in the Wilderness
Date: ca. 1435
Artist: Osservanza Master (Italian, Siena, active second quarter 15th century)
Medium: Tempera and gold on wood
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