Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1506

  • Lucas Cranach the Elder, German, 1472-1553

Woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed to image edge): 15 7/8 × 10 5/8 inches (40.3 × 27 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S336

Signed, and dated on block, lower left: [artist's monogram, with each digit of the year, 1506 at each corner]

Stamp, in black, verso: A. Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119) Stamp, in purple, verso: J. Peoli (Lugt 2020)

A. Firmin-Didot (Paris, France)

May 1894, Juan Jorge Peoli (New York, New York, USA). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Luttikhuizen, Henry, ed. Stirring the World: Germany Printmaking in the Age of Luther. Exh. cat., Center Art Gallery, Calvin College. Grand Rapids, 2017, pp. 10 (ill.), 108-109 (pl. 25).

Lucas Cranach the Elder, Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1506, woodcut printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S336.