Art, literature & history
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (second version)
1635
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Medium
- etching
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 35.6 x 46.3 cm (14 x 18 1/4 in.); Platemark: 31 x 45.8 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2005.179
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Jacques Callot. The Temptation of Saint Anthony (second version). Jacques Callot; The Cleveland Museum of Art; Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art
About this artwork
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (second version) — Jacques Callot. 1635.
Medium: etching. Dimensions: Sheet: 35.6 x 46.3 cm (14 x 18 1/4 in.); Platemark: 31 x 45.8 cm (12 3/16 x 18 1/16 in.).
Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
The Witches' Sabbath was said to be the meeting of sinister forces for devil worship through dancing, feasting, or sacrifices. In depicting this orgy of bodies and monsters, artists often borrowed from religious imagery. Numerous Renaissance images provided Jacques Callot with a litany of fantastic creatures for his widely influential Temptation of Saint Anthony, depicting the steadfast saint as he endures the mental and spiritual tortures of hell.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.