Temptation of Christ (Vienna)
Object type | Painting |
Genre | Religious |
Date | 1605-1610 |
Dimensions | 62 x 41.5 cm |
Support | Panel |
Medium | Oil |
Our attribution | Jan Brueghel the Elder |
Other authorities | Ertz 2008-10, #271 Ertz 1979, #130 |
Location | Vienna, Austria |
Collection | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
Accession numbers | inv. #1076 |
Tags | Resting, Forest, Mountain, Christ, Demons, New Testament |
External resources | Kunsthistorisches Museum |
The panel was possibly cropped on the left and therefore could originally have been a horizontal piece instead of a (rare for Jan) vertical one. If this is true, it would have been a very large painting.
Early drawing with this theme by Jan in Paris, Fondation Custodia: Swamp Landscape with Temptation of Christ, 1595.