Original sentence: Depictions often show him surrounded by debased creatures who gather to lure him into sin with such devices as the devil in the guise of a woman.However, at some stage early in the painting's history, the pot, which had been shown directly before the saint, was scraped out or painted over, leading to a lack of harmony between Anthony and his foreground surroundings
Edited sentence: At some stage early in the painting's history, the pot, which had been shown directly before the saint, was scraped out or painted over, leading to a lack of harmony between Anthony and his foreground surroundings.Depictions often show him surrounded by debased creatures who gather to lure him into sin by offering the devil disguised in various cloaks, such as as posing as a woman or an object of wealth