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The Torment of Saint Anthony[2] (or The Temptation of Saint Anthony, c. 1487–88) is attributed to Michelangelo, who painted a close copy of the famous engraving by Martin Schongauer when he was only 12 or 13 years old. There is no evidence that this painting was done by Michelangelo.[3]. This painting is now in the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.[1][4] It shows the common medieval subject, included in the Golden Legend and other sources, of Saint Anthony (AD 251 – 356) being assailed in the desert by demons, whose temptations he resisted; the Temptation of St Anthony (or "Trial") is the more common name of the subject. But this composition apparently shows a later episode where St Anthony, normally flown about the desert supported by angels, was ambushed in mid-air by devils.[5]

The Temptation of Saint Anthony
Artist	Attributed to Michelangelo
Year	c. 1487–1488[1]
Type	oil and tempera on panel
Dimensions	47 cm × 35 cm (18+1⁄2 in × 13+3⁄4 in)
Location	Kimbell Art Museum

Ownership

The painting was previously attributed to the workshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio, under whom Michelangelo had served his apprenticeship.[6] Under that attribution it was bought at a Sotheby's auction in July 2008 by an American art dealer for US$2 million.[7] When the export license was obtained that September, it was brought to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where it was cleaned of discoloured varnish and later overpainting and closely examined for the first time.[6] On the basis of stylistic hallmarks such as "emphatic cross hatching", it was decided that the painting was indeed by Michelangelo.[6] [8]It was soon bought by the Kimbell Art Museum for an undisclosed amount, believed to be in excess of $6 million.[6] Though Giorgio Vasari states that Michelangelo painted a copy of Schongauer's print, there is no evidence that this is that painting. [3]

Characteristics

Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists noted that Michelangelo had painted St. Anthony after a print by Schongauer, and Ascanio Condivi recorded that Michelangelo had gone to a market to draw fish scales, a feature not present in the original engraving.[6] Besides this enhancement, Michelangelo also added a landscape below the figures, and altered the expression of the saint.[6]

Legacy

It is one of only four surviving panel paintings by Michelangelo, whom Vasari records as speaking disparagingly of oil painting in later life, and the only one, if the new attribution holds, from his adolescence. Schongauer's late-Gothic style is also in strong contrast with the rest of Michelangelo's oeuvre, even in his youth. The prints of Schongauer, just reaching the end of his short life when Michelangelo copied him, were widely distributed in Europe, including Italy.[9]

References

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[de] Die Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius (Michelangelo)

Die Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius ist das früheste bekannte Bildwerk von Michelangelo. Er malte dieses Tafelbild 1487 oder 1488 nach dem Vorbild eines Kupferstiches von Martin Schongauer im Alter von 12 oder 13 Jahren. Das Werk befindet sich im Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Es ist eines von nur vier bekannten Tafelbildern des Künstlers.

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- [en] The Torment of Saint Anthony

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[es] Tentación de san Antonio (Miguel Ángel)

La Tentación de san Antonio es una pintura al temple y óleo sobre tabla de 47 x 35 cm y la obra más antigua conocida de Miguel Ángel Buonarroti. La pintura data de entre 1487 y 1489, y se conserva en el Museo de Arte Kimbell de Fort Worth, en Texas.

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[fr] Le Tourment de saint Antoine

Le Tourment de saint Antoine, œuvre a priori peinte d'après la gravure La Tentation de saint Antoine de Martin Schongauer, est la plus ancienne peinture attribuée à Michel-Ange qui n'aurait eu que douze ou treize ans lors de sa réalisation[1].

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[it] Tormento di sant'Antonio

Il Tormento di sant'Antonio è un dipinto a tempera e olio su tavola (47x35 cm) proveniente dalla bottega di Domenico Ghirlandaio, e attribuito a un giovane Michelangelo Buonarroti. Il dipinto è databile tra il 1487 e il 1489, ed è oggi conservato nel Kimbell Art Museum di Fort Worth, in Texas.

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[ru] Мучения святого Антония

«Терзания (Мучения) святого Антония» (итал. Tormento di Sant'Antonio) — итальянская картина позднего кватроченто, развивающая сюжет позднеготической гравюры Мартина Шонгауэра. В 2008 году её автором был признан 12-ти или 13-летний Микеланджело. В случае подтверждения атрибуции это самая ранняя сохранившаяся его работа и одно из трёх-четырёх станковых произведений мастера[2].

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