Santos in Oaxaca's Ancient ChurchesA study of santos in 16th-century and other churches in Oaxaca, Mexico
By Claire and Richard Stracke Funded by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation In San Lorenzo
Zimatlán: Christ
carrying the Cross |
Saint Isidore the Laborer |
Saint Isidore the Laborer:
Local Name: San Isidro Labrador Basis for Identification: A
wide-brim hat, trousers under a tunic, a gourd hanging
under the right armpit, a goad held in the right hand,
nearby oxen. Site: Church of San Lorenzo Zimatlán. Location: Over the main altar in a side chapel. Media and construction: Gessoed
cloth over carved wood, freshly painted. Felt hat. Real
gourd. Comparable santos in Oaxaca: Coixtlahuaca, Huitzo, Tamazulapan, Teitipac, Teposcolula. External Links: The photo shown here is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free to share or remix it on two conditions: first, that you attribute it to the photographers, Claire and Richard Stracke, without implying any approval of your work on their part; second, that if you alter, transform, or build upon this photo, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. |