San Antonio Abad
Museum collection

San Antonio Abad

Lorenzo Mercadante of Brittany (between 1453 and 1480)
Terracota policromada

Cut bust, apparently belonging to a complete statue. Tight-fitting skullcap, curly white beard, black cape with hood and cowl. The black of the cap and robe painted on gold, visible in small polka dots and stripes, with stewing technique. Style and technique of modeling equal to the statues of the portals of the Cathedral of Seville, keeping in particular close analogies with that of San Mateo of the side cover of the western facade / Extracted from: A.A.V.V.: Gómez-Moreno Institute (catalog). Granada, 1992, p. 170.

Chronology: Between 1453 and 1480
Dimensions: Height 33 cm

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