Pastel Drawing of a Tree after one in a Medieval Painting

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This is an odd reproduction of this picture. It is actually much

more colorful than this. Perhaps it is because I scanned it.

The paper I drew it on was Sennelier gray pastel paper, which

had quite a heavy texture - this is hardly noticeable in real

life. Anyway, the blues don't come through as they should.

This is a tree that has always caught my attention in a small

painting in the Medieval to Early Renaissance section in the

National Gallery in Washington, which I am lucky to say is

only about twenty minutes from where I live. Unfortunately,

I never wrote down the name of the artist, but I do remember

that it is a depiction of the devil (with very large, nasty horns,

but dressed for some unexplained reason, like a Franciscan)

tempting Christ in the wilderness. An odd picture, but the

tree is sublime.

Thanks for visitng today.

PS - I fell off of my bicycle and injured both of my arms, so

it will be a few more days before we see anything really

NEW here. Please have patience.