Who painted “Temptation of Saint Anthony”?

“Temptation of Saint Anthony” was painted by Hieronymus Bosch in 1501. Where to see it: National Museum of Ancient Art.

Northern Renaissance

What to look for

Hieronymus Bosch: crowded fantastical scenes of tiny naked figures, hybrid monsters, strange fruit and fiery hells, painted with jewel-like detail.

Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oak wood, mainly contains fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives. Wikipedia

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“The Garden of Earthly Delights”, 1480–1490
“Ship of Fools”, 1500s
“The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things”, 1500
“Cutting the Stone”, 1503
“The Last Judgment”, 1506
“The Haywain Triptych”, 1512–1515
“Death and the Miser”, 1500–1510
“The Wayfarer”, 1500