Painted image of seated Santo Niño of Atocha. Rectangular pine panel with two holes at top with leather cord run through them. Seated figure wearing red gown, blue cape, black top hat with red feather. Figure holds basket in right hand and staff in left hand. Blue painted curtain at top and sides with red trim and dark blue polka dots. Red and dark blue stage-like setting painted at bottom below Saint's feet and the brown chair he sits in. A brown and red border frames image. "The legend of a child pilgrim (actually the Christ child undetected) who assists the prisoners of the Moors....." pg. 91, "The Art of Private Devotion Retablo Painting of Mexico"

*Holy Infant of Atocha, Santo Niño de Atocha, Holy Child of Atocha, Saint Child of Atocha, or Wise Child of Atocha is a Roman Catholic image of the Christ Child popular among the Hispanic cultures of Spain, Latin America, and the southwestern United States. It is distinctly characterized by a basket he carries, along with a staff, drinking gourd (He used the gourd to carry water, and a basket of bread that he fed to prisoners who were thirsty and hungry) and a cape to which is affixed a scallop shell, symbol of a pilgrimage to Saint James.

This object has the following keywords:

• Retablo
• Saint
• Santo

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