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"The Temptation of Saint Anthony," Joos van Craesbeeck, c. 1650.
Van Craesbeeck (c. 1605/6 - c. 1660) was a baker as well as a painter, running a family bakery in present-day Belgium. Very little is known of his life, but this bizarre, surreal scene definitely shows the influence of Heironymus Bosch and others. The screaming head, spewing the evils and temptations, the evil thoughts emerging from the forehead, and the sea throwing up evils at his feet...wow!
Van Craesbeeck also is noted for his "tronies," or portraits depicting exaggerated expressions, tavern scenes, guardroom scenes, and "piskijken," or scenes of women visiting doctors and having their urine tested for pregnancy. That's a specific genre of painting!
From the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany.
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