Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ụlọ ekpere nke abụọ dị n'aka ekpe, nke a raara nye St. Anthony nke Padua (ihe dị ka n'afọ 100 O.A.) 1195-1231), bụ Pedro Machado de Brito guzobere, onye hapụrụ ihe nketa na-arịọ ka e lie ya na ụmụ ya ebe a. E wuru ya n'afọ 1635 ma e bibiri ya n'otu akụkụ n'oge ala ọma jijiji ahụ.
ala ọma jijiji e nwere n'afọ 1755. Ihe ndị e ji chọọ ya mma na-egosipụta ụdị ihe ochie na nke geometric nke ụlọ nzukọ ahụ, ihe ndị Baroque nke narị afọ nke 18, na mgbalị ndị e mere iji weghachi ya na narị afọ nke 19. Ihe oyiyi ahụ nwere ọtụtụ agba nke St. Anthony bụ nke e ji osisi machite n'oge ndị Mannerist. N'akụkụ mgbidi ahụ, e nwere ihe osise abụọ nke narị afọ nke 18 nke Vieira Lusitano (1699<unk>1783), onye na-ese ihe n'obí eze John V: "St. Anthony na-ekwusara Azụ" na "The Temptation of St. Anthony and his Vision of the Virgin".