Painter:

Campeche, Jose 1751-1809  Search this

Medium:

Oil on wood panel

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Ateneo Puertorriqueno San Juan Puerto Rico

Date:

Ca. 1802-1806

Notes:

"Jose Campeche, 1751-1809," San Juan de Puerto Rico: Instituto de Cultura Puertorriquena, 1971.

Summary:

Half-length portrait of St. Thomas Aquinas, sitting on a desk. He holds a writing instrument in his proper right hand and turns his head to the right of the composition where the dove of the Holy Spirit appears providing him with divine inspiration. He wears the habit of the Dominican Order with a sun emblem on his chest.

Topic:

Religion--Saint--St. Thomas Aquinas  Search this

Dress--Ecclesiastical  Search this

Object--Written Matter--Book  Search this

Religion--God  Search this

Control number:

IAP 88490050

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_326587