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18th Century Colonial School - Saint Anthony of Padua, Polychrome Carved Wood - Dimensions: 44 × 18 × 13 cm Polychrome carved wood. The figure of Saint Anthony of Padua, holding a book in one hand and a rosary in the other, embodies the simplicity and fervor of the saint's traditional iconography. The sculpture, dated to the 18th century, displays a restrained devotion, where the details in the polychromy still retain some of their original splendor, highlighting the contrast between the austerity of his habit and the gilded details on the book. This type of work reflects the influence of the Baroque on colonial artistic expressions.