Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

610. MS M.399, fol. 308v

ca. 1515

Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)

Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 308v

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910

Anthony of Padua: Preaching to fishes―Within a landscape, a nimbed and tonsured Anthony of Padua, wearing a monk's habit with a pouch at the belt, raises a crucifix held in both his hands above fishes gathered in the water around him. A heron and other birds flock beside him.

Anthony of Padua: Miracle of kneeling mule―In the background and to the left, Anthony, wearing a habit, kneels before a mule and a container with oats. A crowd gathers around. Beyond are the buildings of a city.
The scene is framed by a border decorated with a diamond pattern. The panels contain jeweled flowers.