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Description: | This double-sided panel is from the upper left of an elaborate altarpiece with scenes of the Passion, which includes a carved Crucifixion and six painted panels. On the verso Saint Anthony Abbot sits reading. The bell, tau-shaped staff and pig are emblems of Saint Anthony, who was believed to have special healing powers. The pieces of burning wood at his feet refer to the disease called 'Saint Anthony's Fire', outbreaks of which occurred in France and the Netherlands, reaching their height in the fifteenth century when this image was painted. On the recto, God the Father, enthroned, makes a gesture of blessing, while two musical angels play in the background. | Subjects: | religion (St Anthony Abbot God the Father) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Master of Saint Gudule (early Netherlandish painter, active ca.1470-1500) and studio Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to school of Dürer, Albrecht (German printmaker and painter, 1471-1528) Previously attributed to German (Westphalian) School | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9048... | Go to resource |
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