La Sagrada Familia (Holy Family)
Attributed to
Jose Benito Ortega
(1858 La Cueva, New Mexico - 1941 Raton, New Mexico)
Dateca. 1875
Mediumwood, gesso and pigment
DimensionsOverall: 19 1/8 in. X 13.25" X 4.25"(48.6 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, 1979 General Obligation Bonds
Object numberPC1981.173.1
DescriptionThree members of the "Holy Family" (Joseph, the Christ Child, and Virgin Mary) holding hands in carved and pained wood, standing within a brightly colored wooden frame or nicho of mill-cut lumber.On View
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