
Hand-carved wood, home-made gesso, water-based natural pigments, piñon-resin varnish.
28 in. x 10.5 in. x 7.5 in.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.