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Description: | Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) joined the Franciscan order while Saint Francis was still alive. Saint Anthony became famous for his visions in which Christ appeared to him as a little child or baby. He is one of the most popular Catholic saints and is invoked to find lost objects. In this painting he is depicted with a friar's tonsure and the Franciscan habit and cord, opening his arms to receive the infant Christ who descends from clouds. This small painting would have been suitable for private devotion and was probably made for a domestic setting. | Subjects: | religion (St Anthony of Padua); figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Italian (Northern Italian) School Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8541... | Go to resource |
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