COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
García, M. J.
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1992
Title:
Santa Lucia
Title:
Saint Lucy
Location name:
Santa Fe
Location name:
New Mexico
Location name:
Santa Fe (county)
Materials display:
oil paint on ungessoed wood
Material name:
oil 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:
Lucy, Saint, -304
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Acquisition note:
"1992; he's more or less a regular at the Opera Flea Market."
Accession number:
RU0158
Measurements display:
26.2 x 14.2 cm
Santo Subject:
Santa Lucia (Saint Lucy)
Santo Subject Type:
Female Saints
Lived:
Died: 304
Feast Day:
December 13
Patronage:
Patronage: against disease of the eyes.
Note:
A Sicilian maiden, reputed to have been denounced as a Christian by her rejected suitor; her virginity was saved despite her being sent to a house of prostitution, and her life was saved despite her being thrown into the fire, but finally her throat was successfully cut. In some accounts, she was blinded (“lucia” means “light” in Italian). A young girl in long robes carrying a palm and a pair of eyes (duplicates of her own) on a dish.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED