Mittelitalienischer Maler des 17. Jahrhundert... Lot n° 845

PORTRAIT OF SAINT ANTONIUS Oil on canvas. Doubled. 56 x 43 cm. In wide magnificent frame. Against an almost black background, the half-length portrait to the right of the saint, who has turned his narrow head with the long gray beard and his brown eyes to the left. As an iconographic attribute, he holds a staff with a small bell in his hand. Sporadic retouching. Annotation: The saint is regarded as the patron saint against the so-called Antonius fire and also as the patron saint of country people and domestic animals. (1400222) (18)