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Creator display:
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Florence, Al (American santero)
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Creator role:
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creator
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Date display:
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1999
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Title:
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San Luis Gonzaga
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Title:
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Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
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Title:
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Saint Luigi Gonzaga
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Description:
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Retablo with black background and white decorative border. A haloed figure wearing a black robe and a gold cloak with sleeves holds a crucifix and palm.
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Note Fr. Steele:
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"for source, see New Kingdom of the Saints [Larry Frank], p. 217, pl 195, after Rafael Aragon."
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Inscription:
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on back: San Aloysius (Luis) / Gonzaga / Al Florence / 1999
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Location name:
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New Mexico
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Materials display:
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paint on wood panel
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Material name:
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paint
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Material name:
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panel (wood by form)
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Source name:
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Thomas J. Steele, S.J.: The Regis University Collection of New Mexico and Colorado Santos.
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Subject term:
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Gonzaga, Luigi, Saint, 1568-1591
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Work type:
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retablos (panel paintings)
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Acquisition note:
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1999, gift of Al Florence and Rey Montez to Regis University, Spanish Market.
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Accession number:
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RU0561
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Measurements display:
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33 x 27.9 cm
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Santo Subject:
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San Luis Gonzaga (Saint Aloysius Gonzaga)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Male Saints
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Lived:
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1568-1591
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Feast Day:
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June 21
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Patronage:
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Patronage: of youth and especially their purity; patron or protector of dancers (see Brown, Hispano Folklife [1978], 187; Weigle and White, Lore of New Mexico [1988], 193-94).
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Note:
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Of a noble Italian family, he joined the Jesuits; while a seminarian, he died of the plague contracted when nursing the sick. Clad in a white alb and a dark cloak with sleeves, holding a palm and a crucifix, tonsured but not bearded.
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Santo Subject:
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San Luis Gonzaga (Saint Aloysius Gonzaga)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Male Saints
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Lived:
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1568-1591
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Feast Day:
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June 21
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Patronage:
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Patronage: of youth and especially their purity; patron or protector of dancers (see Brown, Hispano Folklife [1978], 187; Weigle and White, Lore of New Mexico [1988], 193-94).
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Note:
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Of a noble Italian family, he joined the Jesuits; while a seminarian, he died of the plague contracted when nursing the sick. Clad in a white alb and a dark cloak with sleeves, holding a palm and a crucifix, tonsured but not bearded.
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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