Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient Churches
A study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Claire and Richard Stracke. Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Claire and Richard Stracke. Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. |
Soledad |
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Soledad (Black and silver mantle, lace wimple and cuffs, full crown, lily in hands).
Wood, gesso, paint; metal crown, painted eyes; 3'. This Soledad is not in the tradition of the aquiline-nosed, long-faced beauty of the statue in Oaxaca. The Virgin suggests rather a lady of the 18th court, haughty, reserved, and merely pretty. The shape of the clothing indicates that this is frame statue. The crown is shaped of 6 metal leaves rising from a circle and is decorated with glass stones. It is topped by an orb and cross. Location: Glass case in a niche in a baroque retablo along the north wall of the nave, between the narthex and the first rib. |