Saint Anthony of Padua
Artist
Carlo Crivelli
(Italian, ca. 1435-1495)
Dateca. 1475-80
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions59 3/4 x 19 5/8 in. (151.8 x 49.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 68 1/2 × 28 × 4 in. (174 × 71.1 × 10.2 cm)
Other (Crate): 47 × 86 × 18 in. (119.4 × 218.4 × 45.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 68 1/2 × 28 × 4 in. (174 × 71.1 × 10.2 cm)
Other (Crate): 47 × 86 × 18 in. (119.4 × 218.4 × 45.7 cm)
ClassificationsEuropean art
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number83.585
Terms
- Religion
- Saint
- Yellow
- Red
- Gold
- White
- Brown
- Gothic
- Italy
Collections
On View
On viewLabel TextCarlo Crivelli Italian, ca. 1435–1495 Saint Anthony of Padua, ca. 1475–80 Oil on wood A devout Saint Anthony looks heavenward, but at what? The stories attached to his life may offer a clue. Legend says that the infant Christ appeared to him in a divine vision. This narrow painting likely belonged to a multi-panel altarpiece whose central image depicted the Virgin and Child. Saint Anthony would have been offering his prayers to them. Famed for his striking realism, Carlo Crivelli treats every detail of this figure with his precise style—from the veins in the saint’s forehead to the turnings of his rope belt. The lilies, which symbolize Anthony’s purity, are so crisply defined that they almost look like chiseled stone. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 83.585
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