The Temptation of St. Anthony
date: label: Date
content: 1820-1850
name: label: Artist
content: Fortunato Duranti, Italian, 1787 - 1863
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The same composition, with very little variations on either side of the sheet, in opposite directions. The saint drives the tempting woman, evidently Venus, into the sea; Cupid, sitting. At left, a turkey, and a large basket, hanging from a big tree. Framing lines.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-7361
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Graphite, pen and ink, brush and grey-brown watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 15.1 × 18.5 cm (5 15/16 × 7 5/16 in.)