Notice

From 9/20 through 9/23, visitors may only enter through the John R entrance. All other entrances, plus the museum grounds, Kirby St and Farnsworth St will be closed during this time for Concours d'Elegance.

The Temptation of St. Anthony, 17th century

  • David Teniers the Younger, Flemish, 1610 - 1690
  • David Teniers the Younger, Flemish, 1610 - 1690
  • Franz van den Wijngaert, Flemish, 1614-1679

Etching and engraving in ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed within platemark): 7 7/8 × 10 1/2 inches (20 × 26.7 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S1254

Signed, in plate, following inscription below image: Fs. vanden wyng. f.

Marked, Scripps stamp, verso (Lugt Suppl. 2357a) date, 1894, added in ink to the stamp.

Inscribed, one line in Latin, in plate, below image. Inscribed, below inscription: D Teniers in. et excud. cum privilegio. Inscribed, illegible notation in red pencil, verso.

December 1894, Hunneker Sale (New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps [Harriet J.] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Franz van den Wijngaert; after David Teniers the Younger, The Temptation of St. Anthony, 17th century, etching and engraving in ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S1254.