About the Artwork
Temptation of Saint Anthony
1506
Lucas Cranach the Elder
1472-1553
German
Unknown
Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper
Sheet (trimmed to image edge): 15 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (40.3 × 27 cm)
Prints
Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S336
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed, and dated on block, lower left: [artist's monogram, with each digit of the year, 1506 at each corner]
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Stamp, in black, verso: A. Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119) Stamp, in purple, verso: J. Peoli (Lugt 2020)
Provenance
A. Firmin-Didot (Paris, France)
May 1894, Juan Jorge Peoli (New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Luttikhuizen, Henry, ed. Stirring the World: Germany Printmaking in the Age of Luther. Exh. cat., Center Art Gallery, Calvin College. Grand Rapids, 2017, pp. 10 (ill.), 108-109 (pl. 25).
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1506, woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S336.
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