COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Sandoval, Angela (American santera)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
1991
Title:
Santo Niño de Atocha
Title:
Holy Child of Atocha
Description:
Child wearing pilgrim's hat, green robe and white cape sitting in a chair, holding a water vessel in his right hand and a frond in his left.
Inscription:
on back: Angela Sandoval / Santo Niño de Atocha
Location name:
Santa Fe
Location name:
New Mexico
Location name:
Santa Fe (county)
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.
Subject term:
Atocha, Santo Niño de
Subject term:
Jesus Christ--Apparitions and Miracles
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Provenance note:
purchased at 1991.
Acquisition note:
2013, gift of Tom Riedel
Accession number:
RU0880
Measurements display:
217.5 x 13.7 cm
Santo Subject:
El Santo Niño de Atocha (The Holy Child of Atocha)
Santo Subject Type:
Divine Subjects
Feast Day:
none
Patronage:
For travelers, for delivery of prisoners; more recently, against illnesses, especially those that cripple.
Note:
A child, always seated, in pilgrim's garb (broad-brimmed hat, staff with gourd, shoes), with a basket which generally contains roses. The staff is often decorated with ribbons; the ankles are occasionally shackled together.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED