COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
unknown artist
Date display:
1950 circa
Title:
San Juan Evangelista
Title:
Saint John the Evangelist
Description:
Dark-haired figure, head tilted to the right and hands clasped in front of chest, wears a green and burgundy robe richly decorated in gold.
Location name:
Ecuador
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:
John, the Apostle, Saint
Work type:
bultos
Work type:
sculpture (visual works)
Acquisition note:
1999, gift of Florence La Bruzza in memory of Louis La Bruzza.
Accession number:
RU0567
Measurements display:
26 x 9 x 7 cm
Santo Subject:
San Juan Evangelista (Saint John the Evangelist,the Divine)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Feast Day:
December 27
Patronage:
Patronage: Compassion with Our Lady of Sorrows and through her with Jesus in his passion.
Note:
Apostle and evangelist, usually identified as the "beloved disciple," one of the "Sons of Thunder," who was traditionally believed to have lived into the second century and died on the Island of Patmos. Bearded, wearing a biretta and a dark cloak over a light tunic, holding a book and pointing to it; or, wringing his hands, bareheaded and usually beardless, especially as part of a Calvario (crucifixion group).
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED