Niclaus of Haguenau
St. Anthony Abbot
Strasbourg, Upper Rhine Valley, circa 1445
Walnut, 44¾ in. tall (113.7 cm.)
The Cloisters, New York City, 1988.159
The saint wears the habit of the Antonine order. His usual attributes, the pig and the tau-topped staff, are replaced by the devil at his feet, a reference to the temptations he overcame.
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Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art