COLLECTION NAME:
Santo Collection
Record
Creator display:
Miera, Ronnald N. (American santero, born 1966)
Creator role:
creator
Date display:
2014
Title:
San Jose Patriarca
Title:
Saint Joseph the Patriarch
Title:
San Jose Labrador
Title:
Saint Joseph the Farmer
Description:
Joseph portrayed as a carpenter, standing next to a workbench with a saw and plane, holding a square and a hammer. A flowering staff leans to the right.
Inscription:
on back: San Jose Labrador / [artist signature] / MIERA
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.
Subject term:
Joseph, Saint
Work type:
retablos (panel paintings)
Exhibition note:
2014, Denver CO: Regis University, O'Sullivan Gallery santo show.
Acquisition note:
2014, Denver, CO: Regis University, O'Sullivan Gallery santo show.
Accession number:
RU0902
Measurements display:
30 x 18.5 cm
Santo Subject:
San José Patriarca (Saint Joseph)
Santo Subject Type:
Male Saints
Feast Day:
March 19
Patronage:
Patronage: of a happy death (since Christ traditionally was said to have been with him); of fathers and of families; of carpenters and all workers.
Note:
Spouse of Mary and foster father of Jesus, traditionally a carpenter. Shown in New Mexico as a younger man than in most European art, he has a dark beard and dark hair, carries a flowering staff, holds the Niño, and wears a brightly colored and often intricately patterned robe. He is sometimes crowned; occasionally there is a basket of carpenter's tools by his feet.
Rights text:
IN COPYRIGHT - EDUCATIONAL USE PERMITTED