Satan Watching the Sleep of Christ (1874) By Sir Joseph Noel Paton 📍 Kirkcaldy Galleries, Fife Council Collection, Kirkcaldy, Scotland Satan is not attacking here. He is waiting. Christ sleeps on the stone after forty days in the wilderness, calm and exposed. Above him, Satan crouches in the darkness, crowned with fire, watching in silence. Sir Joseph Noel Paton does not paint the temptation itself. He paints the moment before it, when temptation studies its chance. Satan’s hand at his chin fee