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Creator display:
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Santistevan, Carlos (American santero, born 1938)
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Creator note:
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American santero
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Creator role:
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creator
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Date display:
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acquired 2014
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Title:
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Santa Gertrudis
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Title:
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Saint Gertrude
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Title:
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Santa Gertrudis la Magna
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Title:
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Saint Gertrude the Great
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Description:
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Standing female figure in black nun's habit, holding a staff with a red pennant in her right hand and a heart in her left.
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Inscription:
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on back: Santa Gertuardis / CAS|Affixed to back: artist's business card
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Location name:
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Denver
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Location name:
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Colorado
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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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Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302
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Work type:
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retablos (panel paintings)
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Acquisition note:
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2014, gift of Ann Levy.
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Accession number:
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RU0890
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Measurements display:
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13.3 x 5.7 cm
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Santo Subject:
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Santa Gertrudis (Saint Gertrude the Great)
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Santo Subject Type:
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Female Saints
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Lived:
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1256-1302
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Feast Day:
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November 16
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Patronage:
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Patronage: of the medieval devotion to the Sacred Heart; patroness of the young, especially students; perhaps for faith and for souls in purgatory.
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Note:
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A German Benedictine nun and mystic with a great devotion to the heart of Christ as a symbol of mystical union with him; she is patroness of the West Indies, then understood to include New Mexico.
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Rights text:
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IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED
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