Fernand Cormon
(Paris 1845 - 1924)
Les tentations de Saint Antoine (The temptations of St Anthony)
circa 1902
Original etching
230 × 310 mm, margins 291 × 440 mm
Fine trial proof on laid paper, probably from a second state, with the addition of numerous works including oblique cuts in the foreground and Saint Anthony’s vestments, and before the remark, various handwritten annotations from left to right profil d’Isis abbattu / abbattre d’un quart /abbattre de moitié / figure abbattue complètement /abbattue d’un quart / Enveloppée, slight dusting in the lower right corner
Reference: IFF not described, Béraldi not described