Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz)

Francisco Antonio Gijón1675

Details

Title: Saint John of the Cross (San Juan de la Cruz)
Creator: Francisco Antonio Gijón
Date Created: 1675
Physical Dimensions: overall: 167.96 x 93.35 x 74.3 cm (66 1/8 x 36 3/4 x 29 1/4 in.)
Provenance: Carmelite convent of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, Seville, from 1675 until 1810 or 1835.[1] private collection, Italy, from c. 1960; purchased 17 October 2003 through (Patricia Wengraf Ltd., London) by NGA. [1] The convent that housed the sculpture, and the adjoining church, were sacked by French troops in February 1810 and it is likely that its works of art were dispersed, at least in part, at that time. The Discalced Carmelites returned to Los Remedios in 1814, but were definitively expelled in 1835 with the law of _Exclaustración_. If the sculpture had somehow remained in situ during the French sack, it would have been removed soon after 1835. See Maria Luisa Cano Navas, "Estudio historico-artistico del retablo mayor del convento de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios de Sevilla," in _Homenaje al Prof. Dr. Hernandez Diaz_, Seville, 1982: 326.
Rights: CC0
Medium: polychromed and gilded wood with sgraffitto decoration (estofado)

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