Retablo santo, oil painting on tin of San Antonio
Bolivia
late 19th century
ca. 12" x 7"
ca. 19" x 15.5" framed in gold-colored wood frame
$475.00
#Lret97
Condition good.
The painting shows St. Anthony holding the Christ child in his left arm and a banner in his right. He stands next to a table. The Christ child appears at the top of the painting in a rompimiento de gloria, or "breaking out of glory," an indication of the celestial world impinging on the terrestrial world.
