Painted with St. Anthony Preaching to the Brothers

Features

Artwork title:  Sant'Antonio che predica ai confratelli

Artistic school:  Venetian School

Age:  17th Century / 1601 - 1700

Subject:  Figures of Saints

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Sant'Antonio che predica ai confratelli

Oil painting on canvas. Venetian school of the seventeenth century. In the painting it is St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1226) who preaches to his brothers, assisted from heaven by St. Francis of Assisi, founder of the Order. The Saint is standing on a pulpit, holding the white lily, his iconographic symbol; in front of him the confreres listen, in different attitudes of recollection. It was St. Francis himself who entrusted him, still very young, with the task of preaching against heresies and teaching his brothers, a task which led him to found the Franciscan theological school in 1223 and 1225. The painting, dark in the colors of the Franciscan habit and in the background, finds light from the glimpse of the sky at the top right, from which St. Francis looks out, and the pulpit on which St. Anthony is standing: the two great saints are placed at the same height, to celebrate his spiritual stature and the equal value of guiding the confreres, placed instead on a lower level in a humble attitude of listening. The painting shows signs of restoration and relining. On the back there is an old declaration of attribution to Palma il Giovane.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description will prevail.

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 80
Width: 109
Depth: 2