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Temptation of Saint Anthony, Second Version, Etching (1634) by Jacques Callot

An Egyptian hermit, Saint Anthony became the founder of Christian monasticism. After having gone into seclusion, he suffered from a great and terrible variety of temptations. Saint Anthony withstood them and soon attracted a colony of hermits.

Saint Anthony appears in the lower righthand corner of this etching, surrounded by demons encouraging him to sin.