Saint Antony the hermit, Saint Eligius and Saint Sebastian. Coloured aquatint, 1853, after H. Leu the elder.
- Leu, Hans, 1460-1507.
- Date:
- 1853
- Reference:
- 10888i
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In the centre, Saint Eligius as a blacksmith tries to shoe a reluctant horse, so cuts off the horse's leg, shoes it, and tries to reattach the leg to the horse. A witch who tries to prevent it has her nose clamped with Eligius's fire-tongs
Publication/Creation
1853
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1 print
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Votivtafel. St Antonius v. Padua. St. Sebastian.
References note
Salomon Vögelin, Das alte Zürich historisch-topographisch dargestellt, Zürich 1829 (according to Arter, loc. cit.)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 10888i
Reproduction note
After: a painting attributed to Hans Leu the Elder, formerly in the Augustinerkirche, Zürich, and subsequently in the Landesmuseum, Zürich
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