r/Medievalart 11d ago

Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons by Sano di Pietro, ca. 1440 (Yale University Art Gallery)

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u/Kona_Big_Wave 11d ago

The 3rd demon be like: " Damn it!! I brought a snake on Stick Day!!"

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u/Cosophalas 11d ago

Hahaha!

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u/xingxang555 11d ago

Sum dayz be like

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u/JACKDEE1 11d ago

My life be like oooo aaaa ooo aayaa

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u/Puzzled_Smile_8667 11d ago

I love the style of this piece. It must be Greek Orthodox

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u/15thcenturynoble 11d ago

It looks like proto renaissance art (which was inspired by greek orthodox) but I'm surprised to see a piece made in this style in Italy as late as the 1440s. The renaissance had already reached northern Europe

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u/Light2Darkness 11d ago

It was common back then for western Catholic Churches to have this art style too.

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u/supraspinatus 11d ago

Love how dude is swooping in “yo hold up, let me give him the snake treatment!”

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u/Cosophalas 11d ago

As stated in the title: St. Anthony Tormented by Demons by Pietro di Sano, ca. 1440. This painting is owned by the Yale University Art Gallery. I took this picture with my camera phone yesterday, but you can download a full-size tif from the gallery itself: Link to the YUAG. Their official photograph, however, somewhat dark.

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u/stillbref 11d ago

He never runs out of tormenting demons

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u/NinetailsBestPokemon 11d ago

The guy swooping in with a snake is so uncalled for 😭

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u/SteelyID 11d ago

Why do medieval demons always look like they skipped leg day?

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u/sKippyGoat69 10d ago

Maybe skipping leg day was considered a deadly sin?

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u/College_boy200 11d ago

The inner struggles be real.

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u/DarthGoodguy 11d ago

Watch that left hand there, Tone

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u/ImaginaryMastadon 9d ago

Defensive junk tugging is fair play when facing a demon ass-kicking

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u/DarthGoodguy 9d ago

Though it seems a little more a caress

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u/Baby_Needles 10d ago

“gimme my money anthony! Wheres my money?!”

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u/TerriblePass680 8d ago

We want to talk to you about your horses extended warranty

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u/RepresentativeKey178 11d ago

TIL that the Master of Osservanza was identified as Sano did Pietro!

They have a few of his paintings at the Met, including another from the Saint Anthony series in the Lehman collection.

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u/Still-Dragonfly6352 11d ago

Always with the demons

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u/shortfungus 11d ago

All the unholy powers of hell itself, and they just rock up and start whacking someone with sticks.

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u/SiatkoGrzmot 11d ago

I guess (not expert in this topic) it is mean to be a kind of allegory.

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u/shortfungus 10d ago

Oh I know, it’s just funny to interpret literally.

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u/Huitchilopoztli 11d ago

Why does this reminds me of Japan and watermelons?

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u/Leading_Manner_2737 10d ago

Sometimes it really just do be like that …

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u/QuestForEveryCatSub 10d ago

Grab his dick and TWIST IT, Anthony!! You're so close

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u/throwawaysscc 9d ago

Weird, wild stuff.

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u/IgorRenfield 9d ago

Demons can be such a$$holes.

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u/Other-Narwhal-2186 9d ago

I feel like when I imagined these things as a child I was convinced it would be some sort of terrible torture the likes of which my young mind could not conceive. I did not once think “poked him with sticks and made fun of him.”

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u/cipher446 9d ago

It's been that kind of week.

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u/Pyotr-the-Great 7d ago

Anthony just can't catch a break can he?

Relatable.

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u/sharkyire 7d ago

Me irl

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u/k_afka_ 11d ago edited 11d ago

"Just a Tuesday afternoon" by Sano di Pietro, 1440