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St. Anthony of Padua in Art
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This much-loved saint can be seen in paintings from the years soon after his death until modern times. Two of the most famous are Hieronymous Bosch's triptych painting, "The Temptation of St. Anthony," and Salvatore Dali's "The Temptation of St. Anthony." Music has also paid tribute to the Saint. The most well known composition is perhaps Gustav Mahler's movement from his second symphony, "St. Anthony's Sermon to the Fishes.

The Temptation (or Temptations) of St. Anthony is an often repeated subject in history of art. The theme was first presented in the 10th century at Italian fresco paintings. In the European Middle Ages one can watch an accumulation of the theme in book illumination and later in German woodcuts. About 1500 originated the famous paintings of Martin Schöngauer (ca. 1490), Hieronymus Bosch (ca. 1505) and Mathias Grünewald (ca. 1510). Up to now the Temptations of Saint Anthony are stable elements in European art.

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