Saint Anthony the Abbot and Donors

Martín Bernat, who was one of the principal painters working in Zaragoza in the late fifteenth century, frequently collaborating with Miguel Ximénez, created this work around 1450, now in Barcelona's Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya. The depiction of saints was fundamental to the devotional culture of the fifteenth century, with each saint's iconographic attributes carefully codified to ensure proper identification.

The panel presents the saint with conventional attributes and dignified bearing, employing careful drapery modeling and controlled color to create an image suitable for devotional contemplation.