The Temptation of Christ
manner of Joachim Patinir (Dinant c.1480 – Antwerp 1524)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1500 - 1599
Materials
Oil on panel (oak)
Measurements
207 x 226 mm (8 1/8 x 8 7/8 in)
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Upton House, Warwickshire
NT 446763
Summary
Oil painting on oak panel, The Temptation of Christ, in the manner of Joachim Patinir (Dinant c.1480 - Antwerp 1524). A rocky landscape with a river in the middle distance. On top of a grass-covered rock in the foreground stands Christ, wearing a blue robe, and the Devil, a bearded old man in a red cloak and hood. They are seen again on top of a precipitous rock towards the left.
Provenance
Mr L. Rosenthal, 1934; his sale, Sotheby's, 29 April 1937, lot 119, repd.; bought by Langton Douglas; from whom acquired by Lord Bearsted; given with Upton House to the National Trust by Walter Samuel, 2nd Viscount Bearsted (1882 – 1948) shortly before his death.
Makers and roles
manner of Joachim Patinir (Dinant c.1480 – Antwerp 1524), artist
Exhibition history
New Light on Old Masters, Squash Court Gallery, 2013
