Mexico
18th century
Carved wood, polychrome
Height 20 in (50.8 cm)
Provenance: Personal private collection of Larry Frank, Taos
Colonial Mexican santos figures were produced throughout New Spain for church and domestic devotional use, carved by local craftsmen working within the European Catholic iconographic tradition as interpreted through indigenous hands and materials. This figure of a saint in monastic habit, with arms extended in a gesture of blessing or offering, displays the characteristic dark patination of aged polychrome wood and the formal simplicity of provincial Mexican religious carving. The Larry Frank, Taos provenance connects this piece to one of the foremost scholars and collectors of Spanish Colonial and New Mexican religious art.
Larry Frank was the author of the definitive reference works on New Mexican santos and Spanish Colonial art, and objects from his Taos collection carry significant scholarly weight within this field.
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Mexico
18th century
Carved wood, polychrome
Height 20 in (50.8 cm)
Provenance: Personal private collection of Larry Frank, Taos
Colonial Mexican santos figures were produced throughout New Spain for church and domestic devotional use, carved by local craftsmen working within the European Catholic iconographic tradition as interpreted through indigenous hands and materials. This figure of a saint in monastic habit, with arms extended in a gesture of blessing or offering, displays the characteristic dark patination of aged polychrome wood and the formal simplicity of provincial Mexican religious carving. The Larry Frank, Taos provenance connects this piece to one of the foremost scholars and collectors of Spanish Colonial and New Mexican religious art.
Larry Frank was the author of the definitive reference works on New Mexican santos and Spanish Colonial art, and objects from his Taos collection carry significant scholarly weight within this field.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
