Andalusian school; circa 1760. "Saint Joachim". Carved, polychromed and stewed wood. Vitreous paste eyes. It presents faults in the carving and pol

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  Andalusian school; circa 1760. "Saint Joachim". Carved, polychromed and stewed wood. Vitreous paste eyes. It presents faults in the carving and polychromy, as well as a base from a later period. Measurements: 102 x 52 x 34 cm. In this work in wood of round bulk, the author presents us with a carving of devotional character in which a richly dressed male figure turns his face towards the ground in a meditative and even melancholic attitude. As he holds a staff in his right hand, the lower part of which has been lost, this image can be identified with the representation of Saint Joachim. According to tradition, Jehoiachin was from Nazareth in the Galilee region and a descendant of King David. He was the husband of Anna and the father of Mary, the mother of Jesus, according to Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican tradition. The story of Joachim and Anna first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of James. Joachim and Anna are not mentioned in the Bible. According to tradition, Hannah was born in Bethlehem, Judea, and married Joachim, who was from Nazareth, Galilee. Both were descendants of King David. In the Gospel of James, Jehoiachin is described as a rich and pious man, who used to give donations to the poor and to the synagogue in Sepphoris. However, the high priest rejected Jehoiachin and his animal sacrifice in the temple because his childlessness was interpreted as a sign of divine disapproval. Jehoiachin went into the desert and fasted for forty days as penance. Angels appeared to both Jehoiachin and Anna to tell them that they would have a son. After this, Jehoiachin returned to Jerusalem and embraced Hannah at a gate of the city. Within this panorama, the leading role played by the Andalusian school of sculpture during the period that has come to be known as the Golden Age is evident; a series of masters of unquestionable worth belong to it, who knew how to combine extraordinary technical quality and religious depth in their works. from the first decades of the century, masters of different origins began to come to the city constantly, seeking the American market and the potential Sevillian clientele, increasingly attracted by the new artistic forms arriving from Italy. Italian, French and Flemish masters, with varying degrees of knowledge of the new aesthetics, alternate with artists from Castile, who have also come into contact with the artistic currents prevailing on the Italian peninsula, thus becoming the most sought-after artists on the art market. The teachings of all of them, together with the classical substratum inherent in Andalusian culture itself, were to form the foundations on which the Andalusian school of sculpture was to be built.
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