The Torment of Saint Anthony | Michelangelo Buonarroti | 1487-88 Cristóbal Rojas Poleo predating many of her contemporaries

predating many of her contemporaries in the Western art movement

the painting reflects early 20th-century nostalgia for a chivalric past—one that likely never existed—making it more a reflection of Victorian ideals than of the Middle Ages themselves

and existential dread

painted between 1536 and 1541

drawing on her interests in theosophy

The Torment of Saint Anthony | Michelangelo Buonarroti | 1487-88 Cristóbal Rojas Poleo predating many of her contemporariesThe Torment of Saint Anthony (148788), painted by a young Michelangelo Buonarroti at around 12 or 13 years old, already reveals the prodigious talent that would later define the Renaissance master. Based on an engraving by Martin Schongauer, the painting depicts Saint Anthony suspended in midair as grotesque demons assault him from all directions. Michelangelos interpretation surpasses the original in its sculptural clarity and anatomical