# Saint Anthony of Padua

**Eighteenth-Century Novice** (active late 18th century)  
late 18th century  
oil on pine panel  
13 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (34.9 x 23.5 cm.)

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1986.65.96. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=7968).

## About this work

Eighteenth-Century Novice painted this in the late 18th century. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Eighteenth-Century Novice](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/eighteenth-century-novice)

active late 18th century

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Real size: about 14 × 9½ in (35 × 24 cm). The 11 × 14 in print is close to life size.
- Subjects: Religion, Saints, Bible, N.T., St. Anthony, Jesus Christ
- Colour: red
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1984.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1984/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-anthony-of-padua-si-saam-1986-65-96).