Ivory Sculpture of San Jose
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Male figure with long hair and beard, wears a tunic and a crossed cloak. On the chest a crossed cord, on the back a pilgrim hat and on the head wears a metallic halo. All clothing is decorated with floral motifs.
It is a Spanish-Filipino ivory from the second half of the 17th century that represents Saint Joseph. It is part of the typical composition of the Holy Family of travel in which the Virgin and Saint Joseph take the Child by the hand. It is paired with the Virgin CE1807.
One of the main routes for the penetration of Christian worship in the East was the visual arts. It was about making the new religion reach local societies through the evangelizing function of Dominican, Franciscan and Jesuit missionaries through cult images, identifying the new Christian iconographies with the eastern physiognomic types.
Iconography Saint Joseph
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Baroque
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Soul: Wood
Crown: Metal
Technique: Carving
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Record accessed Oct. 2021
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