This is bycatch (https://snrk.de/?s=bycatch) from my Snark hunt: The image shows two renderings of a segment from a painting by Matthias Grünewald in a panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece: "The Temptation of St. Anthony" (c. 1512-1516).
In 2018, I Incidentally discovered a monstrous "head" in the painting.
See also: https://snrk.de/monstrous-heads/
#MatthiasGrünewald #MatthiasGruenewald #TemptationsOfStAnthony #IsenheimAltarpiece #HiddenImage #Pareidolia
Gustave Doré probably spotted that hidden head many years before I found it.
Segments from:
※ Left: Illustration Plate I (mirror view) by #GustaveDoré to chapter 1 in #MiguelDeCervantes’ #DonQuixote, 1863 edition.
※ Right: "Temptation of St Anthony" by #MatthiasGrünewald (c. between 1512 and 1516, a panel of the #IsenheimAltarpiece, now located at #MuseéUnterlinden, Colmar, France).
https://snrk.de/monstrous-heads/
#MatthiasGruenewald #TemptationOfStAnthony #HiddenImages #GustaveDoré #pareidolia
This is one of several references (in an illustration to #LewisCarroll's "#TheHuntingOftheSnark") by #HenryHoliday to #MatthiasGrünewald's paintings (https://snrk.de/how-gustave-dore-might-have-played-with-pareidolia/#wildmen).
I found the hidden "head" (https://mastodon.art/@snark/109313077135427231) when working on this comparison.
#MatthiasGrünewald #IsenheimAltarPiece #TemptationOfStAnthony #bookillustration #Allusions #PictorialReferences
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