COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Otero, Alcario (American santero, born 1951)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1993
Title:
Triple Rostro
Title:
Three Faces of Jesus on Veronica's Veil
Description:
Rectangular retablo with notched corners and a lunette that slants forward from the top center; a dove is painted in the lunette, and three identical faces of Christ, each with a crown of thorns and kiss of Judas, in the center of the retablo.
Note Fr. Steele:
"after the Molleno cloth, collected in Guadalupita, Mora County (Taos Valley culture area), p. 87 of Larry Frank, New Kingdom of the Saints; on the triple rostro, see my article in Denver Post "Empire" (8 April 1979) 23-25."|"Spanish Market: 1992 Carrie won Bienvenidos (best new artist, i.e., rookie of the year); 1993 best bulto; 1995 Grand Prize and Gerald Peters Award; 1996 Best Gesso Relief."
Inscription:
on back: The Three Faces of Christ / C. Otero / '93
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:
Jesus Christ--Passion
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Acquisition note:
9 June 1996, from Rey Montez [Montez Gallery, Santa Fe]
Accession number:
RU0293
Measurements display:
45.8 x 25.2 x 2.5 cm
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED