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Concept

Temptation

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  • Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.
  • The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.
  • Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Woodcut, 1493.
  • Saint Anthony Abbot is tormented by seven hell-born creatures; representing the temptation of Saint Anthony. Process print after M. Schongauer.
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    A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.

    Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. | Date: [between 1560 and 1569?] | Reference: 26754i
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    A man sits at home with his family and offers his wife a drink. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1847, after himself.

    Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878. | Date: 1847 | Reference: 25973i
    Part of: The bottle
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    Half-clothed Tilottama flying in the sky playing with a red ball. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Date: [1896] | Reference: 26552i
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    The soul being refined like metal in a crucible by an angel, Satan, Venus and Death; representing a test of faith. Etching by C. Murer, ca. 1600-1614.

    Murer, Christoph, 1558-1614. | Date: 1622 | Reference: 26678i
    Part of: XL Emblemata miscella nova
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    Menaka the nymph tempting the yogi, Viswāmitra. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.

    Ravi Varma, 1848-1906. | Date: [after 1900] : | Reference: 26596i
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