COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Zamora, Frank (American santero, born 1958)
Creator note:
life
Date display:
2008
Title:
Nuestra Señora del Refugio
Title:
Our Lady of Refuge
Title:
Nuestra Señora Refugio de Pecadores
Title:
Our Lady Refuge of Sinners
Inscription:
on back: N.S. de la Purisima Concepcion / Zamora 2008
Location name:
Denver
Location name:
Colorado
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.
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Accession number:
RU0857
Measurements display:
40 x 26.7 cm
Santo Subject:
Nuestra Señora Refugio de Pecadores (Our Lady Refuge of Sinners)
Santo Subject Type:
Titles of Mary
Feast Day:
July 4
Patronage:
Patronage: For protection from sin, repentance of sin, both for self and others.
Note:
An Italian Jesuit devotion introduced into Mexico, especially into Zacatecas, during the eighteenth century. See Boyd, El Palacio57 (1950), 274-77. Mary is crowned, holds a scepter or a palm and the Niño, who may hold Mary's thumb. There are often roses and angels in the background, and frequently the letters or a monogram "MA." Mary is generally shown half-length, often with clouds at the bottom front.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED