The Torment of Saint Anthony | 1488 Frame Style:Black Frame The background features a barren

The background features a barren landscape that reinforces the theme of desolation and Elijah's isolation

a young woman stands amidst a gathering of fairies in a moonlit woodland clearing

The rigid verticality of the trees creates a rhythmic

tonal palette

the painting balances precise observation of nature with a deeply Romantic sense of atmosphere

The Torment of Saint Anthony | 1488 Frame Style:Black Frame The background features a barrenThis painting is now in the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. It shows the common medieval subject, included in the Golden Legend and other sources, of Saint Anthony (AD 251 356) being assailed in the desert by demons, whose temptations he resisted; the Temptation of St Anthony (or "Trial") is the more common name of the subject. But this composition apparently shows a later episode where St Anthony, normally flown about the desert supported by