COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Molleno, Antonio (Colonial Spanish American santero, active ca. 1815-1845)
Creator role:
creator
Creator note:
also known as Chili painter
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1830 circa
Title:
Crucifijo de Esquipulas con Angelito
Title:
Crucifix of Esquipulas with Little Angel
Title:
Nuestro Seáor de Esquipulas
Title:
Our Lord of Esquipulas
Description:
Crucified Christ on cross with "sprouts;" small angel stands on a sprout on the left side of the cross, holding a chalice to catch the blood from the wound in Christ's right side.
Note Fr. Steele:
See RU0007 for the angelito's head
Location name:
New Mexico
Materials display:
paint on carved wood (plant material)
Material name:
paint
Material name:
wood (plant material)
Source name:
Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
Subject term:
Jesus Christ--Crucifixion
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Conservation note:
"Many parts of this santo I made: all nails, four crossbar sprouts, one of Christ's arms, arms and hands of angelito and one foot, Christ's lower legs and feet."|Soluvar Sept 1986|"I had made a head in 1979 mas o menos in the Fresquis style before I realized this was a Molleno; I removed that head and replaced it with the one from RU 236, which had come from a Molleno crucifix and was the right size and a pretty close match for gesso color."
Exhibition note:
Aurora, CO: Aurora History Museum, May-Aug 2009
Provenance note:
"had belonged to CV's great-grandfather Miguel Antonio Vigil, given to grfr Marcos V, to father, to Carmen, to Regis University. The Vigil family was from west of Trinidad, CO, near Vigil."
Acquisition note:
1979. "Gift of Carmen J. Vigil Sr. and Myra.
Accession number:
RU0066
Measurements display:
75 x 47 cm
Santo Subject:
Cristo Crucificado, Crucifijo (Crucifix)
Santo Subject Type:
Divine Subjects
Feast Day:
Good Friday
Note:
The death of Christ.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
