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JUAN DE MESA, Saint Joseph, c. 1620

JUAN DE MESA

Saint Joseph, c. 1620
Carved, painted and polychromed wood
71 x 36 x 28 cm
30 x 14 ½ x 11 in.
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Provenance

Private collection, Spain.

Literature

C. Gálvez, ‘Dos esculturas de Juan de Mesa en el Colegio de San Luis Gonzaga de El Puerto de Santa María’, in Arquitectos, escultores y pintores sevillanos del siglo XVII. Documentos para la Historia del Arte en Andalucía, vol. I, Seville, Universidad, 1927.

M. de Bago y Quintanilla, Documentos varios. Documentos para la Historia del Arte en Andalucía, vol. II, Seville, 1928, pp. 99-100.

A. Muro Orejón, Artífices sevillanos de los siglos XVI y XVII. Documentos para la Historia del Arte en Andalucía, vol. IV, Seville, 1932, pp. 74-75 and 78.

J. Hernández Díaz, Juan de Mesa. Escultor de Imaginería (1583-1627), Seville, Diputación, 1972, p. 80.

M. L. Cano Navas, El Convento de San José del Carmen de Sevilla. Estudio histórico-artístico, Seville, Universidad, 1984 (new ed. 2017).

F. Haskell and N. Penny, El gusto y el arte de la Antigüedad. El atractivo de la escultura clásica (1500-1900), Madrid, Alianza Editorial, 1990, pp. 191-193.

E. Pareja López (co-ordinator), Grandes Maestros andaluces. Juan de Mesa, Seville, Ediciones Tartessos, 2006, pp. 344-345.

M. J. Roldán, ‘San José y el Niño, una nueva obra de Juan de Mesa’, ABC (Seville), 18 April 2016

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