Saint Anthony heals the Dry Leg of the Man who beat his own Mother

1633.
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The saint is depicted in the centre, accompanied by another friar. He blesses the young man who, supported by a crutch and helped by his mother on her knees, shows him his dry leg. Various figures contemplate the miracle.

It is a preparatory drawing for the painting of the predella of the altarpiece of the church of San Antonio de los Portugueses. Dated 1631–33 and now dismantled, this painting was produced immediately following the preparatory drawing. The Academy of San Fernando houses another analogous drawing that is perhaps of lesser quality.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol.I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, 1972, p.65

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Saint Anthony heals the Dry Leg of the Man who beat his own Mother

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Inventory number: D000086
Author: Carducho, Vicente
Title: Saint Anthony heals the Dry Leg of the Man who beat his own Mother
Date: 1633
Dimension: Height: 166 mm; Width: 277 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931

Bibliography +

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de los Dibujos, Academia de San Fernndo, Madrid, 1967, pp. 46.

Angulo Íñiguez, D.; Pérez Sánchez, A. E., Historia de la pintura española: escuela madrileña del primer tercio del siglo XVII, Instituto Diego Velázquez, Madrid, 1969, pp. 112.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol.I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, 1972, pp. 65.

Pascual Chenel, Á.; Rodríguez Rebollo, A., Vicente Carducho. Dibujos Catálogo razonado, Biblioteca Nacional de España - Centro de Estudios Europa Hispánica, Madrid, 2015, pp. 222-229 [227 n.45.2].