クリスティーズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (クリスティーズInstagram)「‘Saint Anthony and the Centaur’, offered for private sale is an intriguing and unusual example of Benedetto di Montagna’s work. ⠀ .⠀ The Christian Egyptian Saint Anthony lived in solitude in the deserts of Egypt. Here, Benedetto shows an episode in the saint’s life where he set off in search of Saint Paul of Thebes who was announced to him in a dream as a greater hermit than himself. After losing his way, he prays to God and the centaur appears to point him in the right direction. Biographies of Saint Anthony describe the centaur as a devil, but Benedetto has given him the body of a monk, portraying him as a messenger from God.⠀ .⠀ Benedetto was above all known as an engraver, and the delicate detail of the foliage in this work, influenced by the prints of Albrecht Dürer, is a characteristic of an artist who was master of both disciplines.⠀ .⠀ 📍‘Saint Anthony and the Centaur’ is available now via Private Sale. Follow link in bio ⬆️ for our Private Sale Viewing Rooms.⠀ .⠀ Benedetto di Montagna (1481-1550), ‘Saint Anthony and the Centaur’, 1535. Price on request.⠀ .⠀ #christiesprivatesales #oldmasterpaintings #oldmasters #saintanthony #saints #auction #art #painting」6月17日 19時00分