Versuchung Jesu
The temptation of Christ has been a frequent subject in the art and literature of Christian cultures. A scene usually interpreted as the third temptation of Jesus is depicted in the Book of Kells. The third and last part of the Old English poem "Christ and Satan" concerns The Temptation of Christ, and can be seen as a precursor to John Milton's "Paradise Lost". The Temptation of Christ is indeed the subject of Milton's sequel to Paradise Lost, "Paradise Regained". J. M. W. Turner did an engraving of "The Temptation on the Mountain" for an 1835 edition of "The Poetical Works of John Milton". Satan and Jesus stand in silhouette on a cliff overlooking a broad landscape that transitions into the sea. The "...image depicts the temptation of Christ by Satan, specifically the moment where Satan offers Christ the kingdoms of the world. This vision of the temptation as extending to the open sea is eerily similar to the possibilities of conquest as commonly depicted in British and American art during the Romantic era."