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The Temptation of St. Anthony is an  oil painting on three wooden panels, having the form of a triptych, the two outer panels being hinged shutters to the central section.  The centre panel measures 131.5 by 119 cm, and the wings measure 131.5 by 53 cm.
The work tells symbolically the story of the mental and spiritual torments endured by St. Anthony Abbot throughout his life. The sources for the subjects were Athanasius of Alexandria's Life of St. Anthony, which had been popularized in Flanders by Pieter van Os, and Jacopo da Varazze's Golden Legend.
symbol Golden Legend St. Anthony Abbot Athanasius of Alexandria Jacopo da Varazze Temptation of St. Anthony triptych Flanders