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.