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José Aragón was one of the santeros (saint makers) active in northern New Mexico at a time when there was increasing demand for religious images for mission churches and private devotions. The thirteenth-century Spaniard San Ramón Nonato (Saint Raymond, the Unborn) was a favorite in New Mexico: venerated as the patron saint of pregnant women and childbirth because he survived a Caesarian birth from a dead mother, and as the patron saint of anonymity and secrecy due to his refusal to stop preaching while he was in captivity.
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Title: | San Ramón Nonato |
Date: | c. 1820-1835 |
Artist: | José Aragón , or follower (American, c. 1781/89–c. 1860) |
Medium: | Water-based paint on wood panel |
Dimensions: | 12 7/8 x 8 3/8 inches (32.7 x 21.3 cm) |
Classification: | Paintings |
Credit Line: | Purchased with the SmithKline Beckman Corporation Fund, 1949 |
Accession Number: | 1949-97-8 |
Geography: | Made in New Mexico, United States, North and Central America |
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