Oil painting on copper depicting St. Anthony of Padua with Child ,Early 18th century

The painting depicts St. Anthony of Padua with the infant Jesus. The iconography is classical and brings together the traditional symbols associated with the figure of the saint: The Franciscan habit: the brown habit encircled by the cord, which defines the order to which the Saint belongs. The apparition of the Child Jesus: the little one lying on a white cloth in the arms of St. Anthony, recalling the famous mystical vision that took place in Camposampiero. The lily: the flower supported by the Child, which in Christian tradition symbolizes the friar's purity and holiness A tree and warm, soft tones, typical of Italian devotional painting of the Baroque period (17th-18th centuries), emerge against the dark background. mis.painting 25 cm x 20 cm