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Description
Folk art piece
Saint Lorenz and Saint Anthony
A curious painted door from an antique piece of furniture, depicting Saint Lorenz and Saint Anthony the Hermit in the upper section and, in the lower section, a handwritten text quoting François-René de Chateaubriand from his work *Les Martyrs*, published in 1809: ‘The whole Empire takes up arms against Saint Anthony; he flees; he bids the world an eternal farewell; To feed the destitute, he sells his inheritance; And goes into the desert, thinking only of his God’ and the date 1831
85 x 47 cm
See original version (French)
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