St. Anthony of Padua
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Stefano da Putignano
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Saint Anthony of Padua
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This statue of Saint Anthony of Padua is considered the last of three created of the saint by the sculptor Stefano da Putignano. (The other two are in Sant'Antonio in Nardò and San Francesco in Matera.) In the eighteenth-century a wooden polychromed Christ Child was added and stood on the saint's left forearm, beside his book. Since then the sculpted Christ was removed when statue underwent restoration to repair breaks in the saint's right hand and the missing polychromy on the bottom of the statue. The original object he held in his right hand is missing, replaced now by lilies and a rosary with large black beads draped under his arm. Lillies are a common attribute of St. Anthony, and so perhaps originally he held wire and silk flowers or even living ones! The sculpture is signed and dated 1518 on the integral base. Photograph(s) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Sant'Antonio, Martina Franca
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Clara Gelao, Stefano da Putignano ""virtuoso"" scultore del rinascimento (Bari: Mario Adda, 2020), 115; Clara Gelao, Stefano da Putignano nella scultura pugliese del rinascimento (Fasano di Brindisi: Schena, 1990), cat. 26, p. 100.