Home›Sources›A Masterpiece Born of Saint Anthony's Fire (Stanley Meisler, Smithsonian Magazine)SourcesA Masterpiece Born of Saint Anthony's Fire (Stanley Meisler, Smithsonian Magazine)Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "A Masterpiece Born of Saint Anthony's Fire (Stanley Meisler, Smithsonian Magazine)." Accessed September 1, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/masterpiece-born-of-saint-anthonys-fire-meisler.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). A Masterpiece Born of Saint Anthony's Fire (Stanley Meisler, Smithsonian Magazine). Retrieved September 1, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/masterpiece-born-of-saint-anthonys-fire-meislerCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-a-masterpiece-born-of-saint-anthony-s-fi, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {A Masterpiece Born of Saint Anthony's Fire (Stanley Meisler, Smithsonian Magazine)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/masterpiece-born-of-saint-anthonys-fire-meisler}, note = {Accessed September 1, 2026} }Copy BibTeXA Smithsonian Magazine feature by Stanley Meisler on the Isenheim Altarpiece's origin as devotional art for a working hospital, commissioned by Guy Guers, preceptor of the Antonite monastery at Isenheim from 1490 to 1516, for monks who nursed victims of ergotism, known at the time as Saint Anthony's Fire.FactsClaims Backed By This Source (27 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationAuthorWell-attestedStanley MeislerPublisherWell-attestedSmithsonian MagazinePublication YearWell-attested1999URLWell-attestedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-masterpiece-born-of-saint-anthonys-fire-57103499/Source TypeWell-attestedmagazine featureAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2A staff written feature in an established general audience science and culture magazine with an editorial fact checking process, not a peer reviewed academic source, used here for the altarpiece's documented hospital commission and plague era medical context rather than for technical art historical claims.NotesWell-attestedCited for the altarpiece's hospital commission and Saint Anthony's Fire context.Claims Backed By This Source (27 claims)This source backs 27 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 1 connected. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSacred Art & Iconography, 11 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 connected, 1 general references.Articles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 general references.Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.Well-attested21ArticlesA Painting That Changes Four Times a YearDevotional Art as Medicine at the Isenheim HospitalSacred Art & IconographyIsenheim AltarpieceSourcesA Masterpiece Born of Saint Anthony's Fire (Stanley Meisler, Smithsonian Magazine)Holds2Sacred Art & IconographyIsenheim AltarpieceConnected1Sacred Art & IconographyIsenheim AltarpieceGeneral References3ArticlesA Painting That Changes Four Times a YearDevotional Art as Medicine at the Isenheim HospitalSacred Art & IconographyIsenheim AltarpieceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year