El Greco (1541-1614)
St. Anthony of Padua

Circa 1580
Oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

This is one of the earliest images that add the Christ Child into portraits of the saint. The branch of lilies is another of his attributes, as is the Franciscan habit. The artist has not endeavored to show his tonsure.

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Source: Prado Museum via this page at Wikimedia Commons.