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The Calling of Saint Anthony
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This many-sided composition represents the moment when the wealthy Anthony, standing at right, answers the priest’s call during his sermon to give away all his worldly possessions. In the right background Anthony is distributing bread to the poor. The lifelike fly on the white cap of the woman at front is an illusionistic joke by the painter.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe roeping van Sint-Antonius. c. 1530. Aertgen Claesz van Leyden. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
