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A friar stands on a marble plinth, holding a lily and a book. This is a thirteenth-century saint, Antony of Padua. He wears the grey habit of the Observants, a strict, reformed branch of the Franciscans, an order of friars founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. The book symbolises Saint Anthony’s learning – he was renowned both as a preacher and a university lecturer – and the lily his chastity. His bare toes peep out from under his robe – Franciscans wore sandals in both summer and winter – and one juts out over the edge of the plinth, linking the sacred space of the altarpiece with the real space of the viewer. He once stood at the left side of a large polyptych (multi-panelled altarpiece) painted by Giorgio Schiavone, possibly for the church of San Niccolò in Padua.
Title
Saint Anthony of Padua
Date
probably 1456-61
Medium
Tempera on wood
Measurements
H 66 x W 23 cm
Accession number
NG630.3
Acquisition method
Bought, 1860
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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