Live auction - Lot 524
[Flemish school]
Temptation of St Anthony the hermit.
Flanders, 17th c
€ 350 / 500
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Lot description
Oil on canvas, 43 x 32,5 cm, unsigned (two lacunae with losses of paint and varnish, several scratches, minor cracks in varnish).
In gilt wooden frame.
Saint Anthony seduced by a voluptuous woman, while being distracted from his devotional lecture by several monsters and hellish creatures. The picture is attributed on the frame to David III Ryckaert (1612-1661), but the execution bears little resemblance to other signed and attributed works by Ryckaert.