COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Laguna Santero (Colonial Spanish American santero, active 1790-1809)
Creator note:
Spanish artist from New Spain (Mexico), active late 18th century)Anonymous retablo painter named for one of his surviving works, a monumental retablo in the church of San José de Gracia located at the Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico. He was probably from southern New Spain (current Mexico), migrating to New Mexico as a commissioned artist or a member of the Franciscan order. His works appear in several New Mexico missions starting in 1795 and disappear from records after the completion of the Laguna altar screen around 1809. There are similar works by other artists in this school.
Creator role:
artist
Date display:
1790-1809 circa
Title:
San Jose Patriarca
Title:
Saint Joseph the Patriarch
Description:
Standing, bearded male figure wearing a gold, patterned robe and black sash, holding a flowering staff in his left hand, with his right hand upraised.
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:
Joseph, Saint
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Conservation note:
"missing Niño (left arm reattached at wrong angle); missing staff (so I made a staff, which gives him a lot more 3-D effect)." Soluvar, 1990.
Exhibition note:
Aurora, CO: Aurora History Museum, May-Aug 2009.
Acquisition note:
1990
Accession number:
RU0139
Measurements display:
45 x 15 x 13 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