COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
unknown artist
Date display:
early 20th century
Title:
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Title:
Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Apparitions and miracles
Title:
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Description:
Crowned female figure, hands folded in prayer and wearing a red robe and blue cloak, supported by a crescent moon held by an angel and surrounded by a spiky body halo.
Location name:
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.
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Conservation note:
cleaned to some effect with acetone
Provenance note:
from Claibourne Gallery
Acquisition note:
1999, gift of Judge Thomas J. Mescall.
Accession number:
RU0461
Measurements display:
26.7 x 16.5 x 6.4 cm
Santo Subject:
Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe (Our Lady of Guadalupe)
Santo Subject Type:
Titles of Mary
Feast Day:
December 12
Patronage:
Patronage: For general favors in sickness; against all evil, particularly war; patroness of the Mexican and Indian peoples
Note:
Mary standing in a body halo, supported upon a dark upturned crescent and a winged angel. She often wears a crown.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED