COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Carrillo-Garcia, Estrellita A. (American santera, born 1980)
Creator note:
daughter of Charlie and Debbie
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1987
Title:
San José Patriarca
Title:
Saint Joseph the Patriarch
Description:
Oval retablo showing bearded, crowned, haloed male figure wearing a beige robe and patterned gold cape, holding in his right hand a haloed child dressed in a blue robe, and in his left a flowering staff.
Inscription:
on front: San Josá|Charles Carrillo 1987|on back: San Josá|March 19th|Patron of fathers|Patron of families|Patron of workers, especially carpenters|Charles M. Carrillo 1987|For Father Steele|Charlie Carrillo
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:
Denver, CO: Denver Public Library, Sept-Oct 1988; Denver, CO: St. Thomas Seminary, Dec 1992-Jan 1993
Acquisition note:
1987
Accession number:
RU0113
Measurements display:
22.5 x 13.5 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