Señor de la Pacencia

Señor de la Pacencia / The Lord of Humility

Front View

18th Century

Soft wood and polychromy

Left arm missing.

Attributed to the Panay School

Provenance: Collection of Dr. Porfirio J. and Mrs. Socorro Rodriguez Callo

Purchased from Likhâ Gallery in the late 1970s.

National Museum registration sticker in back.

 

A small, table-top image of the Senor de la Pacencia made of soft wood with traces of original polychromy. The Christ figure is sitting on a piece of wood naturalistically painted to look like a stump complete with tree bole.

 

The left arm is screwed into the shoulder at the upper joint. Lower hand missing. Wooden screw still visible. This indicates that the arm may have been artuculated at one time.

 

The body color has faded to a pleasing brown color. The savage wounds inflicted on Christ's back is very much evident in the deep grooves incised into the back of the Christ figure. The hair of the patient Christ is carved into thick individual strands typical of sculptures of the 18th century.

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