The right panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece’s third view shows The Temptation of Saint Anthony, one of Matthias Grünewald’s most chaotic and visionary compositions. Here, Saint Anthony is violently attacked by grotesque demons that twist, crawl, and swarm around him in a frenzy of color and movement. Each creature embodies disease, decay, and madness — one even bears the same sores that cover Christ’s body in the Crucifixion panel. The scene reflects both the physical torment of the patients who viewed the altarpiece and the spiritual trials of faith itself. Amid the chaos, Saint Anthony remains steadfast, his calm expression contrasting with the monstrous forms that surround him. Grünewald’s use of vivid hues and distorted figures transforms the panel into a hallucinatory vision of suffering and endurance, where horror becomes a pathway to transcendence.

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