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St Antony The Abbot (painting)
Saint Anthony Abbot or Anthony the Great was an Egyptian Christian saint of the 3rd–4th centuries, one of the Desert Fathers. ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' may also refer to: *Saint Anthony Abbot (Correggio), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Correggio), a painting of c. 1517–1518 by Correggio *Saint Anthony Abbot (Pontormo), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Pontormo), a painting of c. 1519 by Pontormo *Saint Anthony Abbot (Moretto), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Moretto), a painting of 1530–1534 by Moretto da Brescia *Saint Anthony Abbot (Preti), ''Saint Anthony Abbot'' (Preti), a painting of c. 1628 by Mattia Preti See also * : Paintings of Anthony the Great * Antoninus of Sorrento, a 7th-century abbot and saint {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony The Great
Anthony the Great ( grc-gre, Ἀντώνιος ''Antṓnios''; ar, القديس أنطونيوس الكبير; la, Antonius; ; c. 12 January 251 – 17 January 356), was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as , by various epithets: , , , , , and . For his importance among the Desert Fathers and to all later Christian monasticism, he is also known as the . His feast day is celebrated on 17 January among the Orthodox and Catholic churches and on Tobi 22 in the Coptic calendar. The biography of Anthony's life by Athanasius of Alexandria helped to spread the concept of Christian monasticism, particularly in Western Europe via its Latin translations. He is often erroneously considered the first Christian monk, but as his biography and other sources make clear, there were many ascetics before him. Anthony was, however, among the first known to go into the wilderness (about AD 270), whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Anthony Abbot (Correggio)
''Saint Anthony Abbot'' is a c.1517-1518 painting of Saint Anthony Abbot by Correggio. It was first attributed to the artist in 1901 by Adolfo Venturi, at which time it was in the Sacristy of the Girolamini in Naples and misattributed to Andrea da Salerno Andrea Sabbatini (1487–1530) (var. Andrea Sabatini or Andrea da Salerno) was an Italian painter of the Renaissance. He was born in Salerno, and initially trained under Raimondo Epifanio in Naples, but move to Rome and became a close discipl .... It moved to the Museo Napoletano in 1907 and is now in the National Museum of Capodimonte. References category:1518 paintings category:Paintings by Correggio Paintings in the Museo di Capodimonte {{16C-painting-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Anthony Abbot (Pontormo)
''Saint Anthony Abbot'' is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi in Florence. Its original location and commissioner are unknown, but it is dated to ''c'' 1519 is based on stylistic similarities to the Saint John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel, St John in Pontorme and the very similar scroll in ''Portrait of Cosimo the Elder''. This dating is universally accepted except by Clapp and Salvini, who argue for a later date. Luciano Berti (1973) also sees a Albrecht Dürer, Durerian influence in the saint's expression and the sibyls and prophets from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling in the gesture - Pontormo may have seen the latter on a trip to Rome around 1515 and his admiration for North European prints is also noted. Elisabetta Marchetti Letta, ''Pontormo'', Rosso Fiorentino, Scala, Firenze 1994. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Anthony Abbot (Moretto)
''St Antony the Abbot'' is a 1530-1534 oil on canvas painting of Antony the Great by Moretto da Brescia on display on one of the side-altars in the Santuario della Madonna della Neve in Auro, Casto, Province of Brescia, Italy.Camillo Boselli, p. 95-96 History The first possible reference to the workPier Virgilio Begni Redona, p. 288 is by Francesco Paglia in 1675 - in writing of Casto he states generally that in "Val Sabria beyond these are seen in some little churches works by Romanino and Moretto".Francesco Paglia, p. 35 It is impossible definitively to link this reference to specific paintings, but the only one still in this area is Moretto's ''St Antony the Abbot''. Its commissioner is unknown, but was probably the town of Casto - the Santuario was built from 1527 onwards after a vision of the Virgin Mary and the canvas dates to the years immediately after this.Pier Virgilio Begni Redona, p. 291 There is no mention in later sources of the work being moved and so it seems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Anthony Abbot (Preti)
Sant'Antonio Abate is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian Baroque painter Mattia Preti, executed ''c.'' 1628. It is part of the Collezione M curated by the Fondazione Sorgente Group in Rome, Italy. Description The oval painting depicts a half-bust of the eremitic early Christian monk St Anthony Abbot. He is reading a book, and on his shoulder leans his staff with a bell. The elderly man is dressed in a sober dark cloak with hood, setting apart his white beard. The painting has also been described as possibly depicting St Francis of Paola. The dark chiaroscuro betrays the influence of Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ... and his followers. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
