In Art
As the number of Franciscan saints increased, iconography struggled to distinguish Anthony from the others. Because of a legend that he had once preached to the fish, this was sometimes used as his attribute. He is also often seen with a lily stalk (see above). Other conventions referred to St. Anthony's visionary fervor. Thus, one attribute in use for some time was a flaming heart.
In 1511, Titian painted three scenes of miracles from the life of Saint Anthony: The Miracle of the Jealous Husband, which depicts the murder of a young woman by her husband; A Child Testifying to Its Mother's Innocence; and The Saint Healing the Young Man with a Broken Limb.
Another key pattern has him meditating on an open book in which the Christ Child himself appears, as in the El Greco below. Over time the child came to be shown considerably larger than the book and some images even do without the book entirely.
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An early work by Raphael, 1503, at the Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, UK
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El Greco's painting shows the book with just a picture of the Christ child lying on the page. Between 1541 and 1614.
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St. Antony with Christ Child. The icon of Belarusian school, 1744.
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St. Anthony of Padua with Christ Child and Lily by Brian Whelan, 2011
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Statue of St. Anthony with the book and Christ Child, Church of San Pablo Mitla, Oaxaca
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Statue of St. Anthony with the Christ Child, no book.
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