Granada School; beginning of the 18th century.

Granada School; early eighteenth century.
"Saint Peter of Alcantara".
Carved and polychrome wood.
It presents restorations, faults and damages caused by xylophages.
Measurements: 54 x 22 x 18 cm.
As for the saint represented, his habit as a Franciscan and his aesthetic characteristics refer to San Pedro de Alcántara, who decided to join the Franciscans at the age of 16 shortly after his stepfather sent him to the university in Salamanca. Upon returning home, he became a Franciscan friar of the strictest Observance in the convent of Manxaretes, Extremadura, in 1515. At the age of twenty-two he was sent to found a new community of the Stricter Observance in Badajoz. He was ordained a priest in 1524, and the following year was appointed Guardian of the convent of Santa Maria de los Angeles in Robredillo, Old Castile. A few years later he began preaching with great success. He was known for his preference for preaching to the poor and his sermons were largely taken from the Prophets and Wisdom Books.