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. |
San Simon Estoc |
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St. Simon Stock (Brown habit with brown hood and gold cord, tonsure, Christ child in left arm wearing brown habit, scapular hanging from child's hand).
Wood, gesso, paint; cloth robes; glass eyes; under 2'. Sr. Lopez says the statue is dedicated to the Virgen of Carmen because St. Simon Estoc wore her scapular during a drought and was rewarded with a great rain. The people today still pray to the Carmen for rain. The habit is oversized. The gesso has chipped away from the hair and from several areas of the face. The paint is coarse, the skin dark. Location: An altar along the north wall of the nave, to the viewer's left of St. Anthony. |