St. Anthony with the Christ Child

Arroyo Hondo Painter, active NM ca. 1825-1840

St. Anthony was a member of the Franciscan order of the Catholic Church known for his aggressive attacks on heresies. During the Renaissance, however, a cult of devotion developed around the saint, and many artists offered a gentler, more sentimental image by presenting him as a protector of the infant Jesus. (Ron Tyler, ed., Posada’s Mexico, 1979)

Date: ca. 1825-1840
Type: Painting
Medium: water-based paint on wood panel
Department: SAAM
Institution: Smithsonian American Art Museum
Object number: saam_1986.65.97
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr. and museum purchase made possible by Ralph Cross Johnson

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mediumWood typePainting creatorArroyo Hondo Painter, active NM ca. 1825-1840

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