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Jesus sits beneath a tree at the right and points to his lips while Satan points to the ground.
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Title: The Temptation of Jesus
Artist:
Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
Artist:
Inscribed as after Adam Elsheimer (German, Frankfurt 1578–1610 Rome)
Artist:
More likely after David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–1690 Brussels)
Publisher:
Frans van den Wyngaerde (Flemish, Antwerp 1614–1679 Antwerp)
Date: 1644–52
Medium: Etching; first state of two
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed to picture line): 7 1/4 × 5 5/8 in. (18.4 × 14.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
Object Number: 17.50.18-157
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