COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Aragón, José, Follower of (Colonial Spanish American santero)
Creator role:
creator
Creator note:
Probably worked with his brother, José, creating santeros in colonial Santa Fe. Some scholars believe this brother, the legendary "José Aragon," is instead a man with a similar name from the Las Cruces area.
Date display:
1840-1855
Title:
Santo Niño de Atocha
Title:
Holy Child of Atocha
Description:
A seated child wearing a white robe, red cape, and black broad-brimmed hat with a red feather holds a basket in his right hand and a staff with a gourd in his left. Much of the detail is lost to paint damage. A milagro of a leg is attached to the hanging wire.
Note Fr. Steele:
"CS Taylor [Colorado Springs, Taylor Museum] #313 and #889 are by same artist; 313 is labeled El S. NINO ANCHOhA. Albuq Museum via Dutton Rare Things, labeled EL SANTO NINO ANHOhA."
Inscription:
"Note the writing at the bottom: El at left and -OCHO at right are all that can be made out clearly."
Location name:
New Mexico
Materials display:
paint on wood panel
Material name:
paint
Material name:
panel (wood by form)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Atocha, Santo Niño de
Subject term:
Jesus Christ--Apparitions and Miracles
Subject term:
hats
Subject term:
red
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Acquisition note:
1969, "from Kohlberg's, Denver; this was #361 of the Nolie Mumey Collection, gotten through May D&F auction, listed in 19 April 1968 catalogue."
Accession number:
RU0013
Measurements display:
11 x 14 cm
Santo Subject:
El Santo Niño de Atocha (The Holy Child of Atocha)
Santo Subject Type:
Divine Subjects
Feast Day:
none
Patronage:
For travelers, for delivery of prisoners; more recently, against illnesses, especially those that cripple.
Note:
A child, always seated, in pilgrim's garb (broad-brimmed hat, staff with gourd, shoes), with a basket which generally contains roses. The staff is often decorated with ribbons; the ankles are occasionally shackled together.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED