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Saint Anthony the Abbot

Estimate €500–1.000

Description

Carved wood sculpture.

Polychrome and gilt decoration.

Saint Anthony Abbot depicted in the habit of an Antonine monk, with the Holy Scriptures in the left hand, a staff in the right hand and a pig at the feet.

Europe, 18th/19th century

(signs of wear)

H.: 37.5 cm

Provenance

Collection Dr. António Miranda.

The relationship between what we see and what we know is never complete. The way we see things is influenced by what we know, or by what we believe.
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