COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Sánchez, Jorge (American santero)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1973 circa
Title:
San José Patriarca
Title:
Saint Joseph the Patriarch
Description:
Bearded, crowned, haloed male figure wearing a black robe and gold, patterned cape holds a crowned, haloed child dressed in red in his right hand, and a flowering staff in his left. The retablo is shaped with swoop cutouts at the top and bottom so that the top-most point is at the left and the bottom-most point at the right.
Inscription:
on back: San José, Patriarca|Ruega Por Nos.|Jorge Sanchez|Santero
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:
Joseph, Saint
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Exhibition note:
Morrison, CO, The Fort. Tesoro Foundation, Sept. 2007
Acquisition note:
1973. "I gave Jorge a San Jorge retablo I painted to resemble him--flat hat, chongo, pointed beard, cowboy boots--and he gave me this. Jorge was a friend of mine in the 1970s and early '80s when he lived in the Matteucci Apartments across from St. Mary's School on Seventh NW. He is the son of George I. Sanchez, author of the classic Forgotten People."
Accession number:
RU0028
Measurements display:
89 x 49 cm
Santo Subject:
San José Patriarca (Saint Joseph)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Feast Day:
March 19
Patronage:
Patronage: of a happy death (since Christ traditionally was said to have been with him); of fathers and of families; of carpenters and all workers.
Note:
Spouse of Mary and foster father of Jesus, traditionally a carpenter. Shown in New Mexico as a younger man than in most European art, he has a dark beard and dark hair, carries a flowering staff, holds the Niño, and wears a brightly colored and often intricately patterned robe. He is sometimes crowned; occasionally there is a basket of carpenter's tools by his feet.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
