\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 The hermit saint is depicted in the habit of the Hospitalers of St. Anthony, a religious order that was founded in the Middle Ages in
his memory. The picture, painted toward the end of RiberaÆs career, is based on models dating from the 1630s and the workshop may have played a part in the execution of the work.