San José y el Cristo Niño
José Campeche y Jordán
ca. 1794
Medium
Painting
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection
Accession Number
1996.91.4
Tags
ChristangelSt. Joseph
About this artwork
According to the Gospels, Joseph was the husband of the Virgin Mary and the foster-father of Jesus. In Puerto Rico, St. Joseph is often invoked by and for the dying and he is the patron saint of several Puerto Rican communities, including the island's western region of Lares. (Yvonne Lange, "Santos: The Household Wooden Saints of Puerto Rico," PhD diss., 1975)