Detail View: Santo Collection:

Creator display: 
unknown Mexican artist
Date display: 
1896
Title: 
Santo Niño de Atocha
Title: 
Holy Child of Atocha
Materials display: 
oil paint on tin (metal)
Material name: 
oil paint
Material name: 
tin (metal)
Source name: 
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term: 
Atocha, Santo Niño de
Work type: 
ex-votos (religious visual works)
Accession number: 
RU0041
Measurements display: 
18.5 x 25.5 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