The Temptation of Christ

The Temptation of Christ

c. 1490 · Germany

Engraving in black on buff laid paper

Then was Iesus led vp of the Spirit into the wildernesse, to bee tempted of the deuill.
MATTHEW 4:1 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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