Caption

Saint Anthony of Padua; Boleslaw Rusiecki 1824–1913, painter; 2nd half of the 19th century; painting; height 35 cm, width 27 cm; repossession Vilnius., A painted scene showing a man in a dark robe kneeling with hands crossed over his chest, facing a small child seated on a draped surface; the child wears a red cloth and reaches toward the man. Nearby is a young figure with pale skin and light hair holding white flowers and positioned beside a stack of books. Several cherubic faces with wings appear in the upper area, surrounded by golden light rays that contrast with darker brown and gray clouds. The foreground drapery shows deep reds and blues, and the lower area includes dark browns and blacks suggesting a floor. Hints of green and muted browns appear in a distant landscape at the right edge. Overall colors visible include gold, yellow, red, blue, brown, gray, black, white, and green.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A16_189

License type

Rights managed

Available size

81.2Mb (6.3Mb) / 15.8in x 20.0in / 4730 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Saint Anthony Padua Boleslaw Rusiecki 1824–1913 painter 2nd half 19th century painting height 35 cm width 27 cm repossession Vilnius painted scene showing man dark robe kneeling hands crossed chest facing small child seated draped surface child wears red cloth reaches Nearby young figure pale skin light hair holding white flowers positioned beside stack books Several cherubic faces wings upper area surrounded golden light rays contrast darker brown gray clouds foreground drapery deep reds blues lower area includes dark browns blacks suggesting floor Hints green muted browns distant landscape right edge colors visible include gold yellow red blue brown gray black white green.