James Cordova Arts

San Antonio de Padua

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Bulto, 1999

Hand-carved wood, home-made gesso, water-based natural pigments, piñon-resin varnish.

28 in. x 10.5 in. x 7.5 in.

San Antonio de Padua (Saint Anthony of Padua)

A Portuguese-born Franciscan known for his great ability to preach and perform miracles. He trained under the direction of Saint Francis of Assisi. Usually clad in a blue or gray Franciscan habit and holding the Christ Child and a lily or palm branch. San Antonio is the patron saint of animals, the home and young girls looking for husbands. He is frequently invoked for finding lost objects.


updated 15 April 05