Group of Three Santos

Nuestro Señora
16th Century, Reina de los Cielos, Ecuador
polychrome wood and metal wings
height 19 inches

Mama Maria
18th Century, Queretaro, Mexico
polychrome wood and glass eyes
height 15 1/2 inches

Cruz de Animas
19th Century, Queretaro, Mexico
polychrome wood
height 27 1/2 inches

Property being sold to benefit the Mission and Vision of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico

Provenance:

Donated from a Private Collection

These two Santos and one Cruz are outstanding examples of Spanish Colonial objects of veneration seen in private homes and family tabernacles. All three are polychromed wood, and the oldest Santo, Nuestro Señora, from Ecuador, has delicately hammered metal wings. All three are exquisitely painted.

-James D. Balestrieri

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Group of Three Santos

Property being sold to benefit the Mission and Vision of the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, New Mexico

Provenance:

Donated from a Private Collection

-James D. Balestrieri

Western Paintings and Sculpture including Contemporary Native American Art Session I

Group of Three Santos

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