Saint Anthony
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Saint Anthony
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Published 2019-05-23T11:44:58+00:00
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This image of Saint Anthony of Padua with the Christ Child on a book was carved in the kingdom of Kongo, which had adopted Christianity toward the end of the fifteenth century, shortly after the arrival of the Portuguese. A specifically Kongolese Catholicism evolved. Anthony is depicted as a young monk in accordance with European tradition. The child, however, holds a fly whisk, a Kongolese emblem of power. Such images could also be used as power figures. In this case, the other-worldly force is present in them, and these figures were not simple representations, like that of Saint Christopher.
Technical Information
| Date published | 23/05/2019 |
| Complexity | Easy |
More Information
| Title | Saint Anthony |
| Date | 17th - 19th Century (?) |
| Accession | 7.22a |
| Medium | Wood |
| Credit | Acquired in 1986 from Charles J. Massar. III C44072 |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Bode Museum |
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