Jane Short Antiques has dated this piece to the 1930s.
The subject matter, San Antonio Abad, Patron Saint of Animals is
also known as San Antonio the Abbott or Saint Anthony of the Desert
San Antonio Abad is a religious observance in Mexico where pets and livestock are blessed.
He can be identified in art as an older man wearing a monks robe with a pig at his feet.
Depending on the location and custom, people will bring pets – usually dogs and cats but also snakes, birds and ferrets into the church in the late afternoon. Farmers will take their cattle or horses outside the church to receive the saints blessing and ensure the animals wellbeing. The animals and pets are decorated with flowers and ribbons.
The Cusco School or Cuzco School, was a Roman Catholic artistic tradition based in Cusco, Peru during the Colonial period, in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It was not limited to Cusco only, but spread to other cities in the Andes, as well as to present day Ecuador and Bolivia. Wikipedia
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Jane Short Antiques has dated this piece to the 1930s.
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Oil on Canvas from The Cuzco School
