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 Temptation of St. Anthony, Pieter Brueghel, the younger, Dresden Gallery.

a skull on a rock, beside a crucifix and an hour-glass; around him, demons in many forms. Collection of Louis XVIII.—Villiot, Cat. Louvre.

By David Teniers, younger. Examples in Amsterdam, Dresden, Vienna, and Madrid Galleries, and in private collections.

By Tintoretto, S. Trovaso (SS. Gervasio e Protasio), Venice; canvas. The Saint surrounded by a demon, trying to pull off his mantle, and three female figures; the one on the left, representing avarice, a bright-*eyed Venetian beauty, has one hand in a vase of coins, while she shakes golden chains with the other; the one on the other side, a type of the lusts of the flesh, appears to have been baffled for the time; the recumbent one may possibly mean indolence. A picture of careful finish and noble workmanship. Engraved by Agos. Carracci (1582).—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 360; Bartsch, xviii. 69.

ANTHONY THE ABBOT, ST., Paolo Veronese, Brera, Milan; canvas, H. 9 ft. × 6 ft. 2 in. St. Anthony enthroned on a pedestal with alabaster panels; at sides, SS. Cornelius and Cyprian; in front, a page kneeling holding a large volume. From S. Antonio, island of Torcello, near Venice.—Eastlake, Brera, 82; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 52.

ANTHONY THE ABBOT AND PAUL THE HERMIT, Velasquez, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 8 ft. 4 in. × 6 ft. St. Anthony in white and St. Paul in brown robe, seated before a grotto, thanking Heaven for food brought them by a raven; at left, two lions making a grave, while St. Anthony is praying over dead body of St. Paul. Painted in 1659 for Hermitage of S. Antonio at Buen Retiro. Original sketch sold for £25 at King Louis Philippe sale.—Madrazo, 595; Curtis, 8.

ANTHONY OF PADUA, ST., GLORY OF, Moretto, S. M. delle Grazie, Brescia; canvas, life size. St. Anthony of Padua with the palm, seated high up in a large niche, beneath which stand SS. Nicholas of Tolentino and Anthony the Abbot, the latter with