COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Otero, Nicolás (American santero, born 1981)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
2005
Title:
San Sebastian (Saint Sebastian)
Title:
Saint Sebastian
Note Fr. Steele:
"by Mary Jo Martin Madrid of Caán de Vallecitos."
Inscription:
on back: San Sebastian / [artist signature] / El ? NM / 2005 ©
Location name:
New Mexico
Materials display:
natural pigments on hand-adzed pine panel
Material name:
pigment
Material name:
pine (wood)
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:
Sebastian, Saint
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Exhibition note:
Aurora, CO: Aurora History Museum, May-August 2009.
Acquisition note:
2003
Accession number:
RU0741
Measurements display:
30.5 x 17.8 cm
Santo Subject:
San Sebastian (Saint Sebastian)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Feast Day:
January 20
Note:
Saint Sebastian was an early Christian saint and martyr. According to traditional belief, he was killed during the Diocletianic Persecution of Christians. He was initially tied to a post or tree and shot with arrows, though this did not kill him.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED