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The ‘St Sebastian’ of Los Andes: a Chilean cultural treasure re-examined

11/2011 | 1304 | 153

Pages: 721-726

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Author:

Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)

Author:

Guzmán, Fernando (Guzmán, Fernando)

Subjects

artists:

Engelhard, Adam

artists:

Bitterich, Johannes

buildings:

Santa Rosa de Los Andes, Los Andes, Chile

dates:

1730-1739

places:

Chile

print:

Polychromed wood sculpture

print:

Engelhard, Adam

subjects:

Sebastian, Saint

subjects:

Sculpture / Wood sculpture / Polychromy / Religious art / Attribution / Attributions / Attributions, tentative / German sculpture / Latin American / Spanish Colonial

Illustrations

Attributed works:

14. St Sebastian, here attributed to Adam Engelhard. c.1730–35. Polychrome American cedar with glass eyes, 195 by 95 by 73 cm. (Church of S. Rosa de Los Andes, Chile; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).

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15. Detail of Fig.14.

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16. Detail of Fig.14.

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17. St Ignatius of Loyola, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).

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18. St Francis Xavier, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).

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19. St Francis Borgia, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).

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21. St Aloysius Gonzaga, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).

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22. James Chisai, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood. (Martinskirche, Bamberg; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).

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23. St Sebastian, by Konrad Hegenauer. c.1760. Polychrome wood. (Marienkapelle, Sankt Georg und Jacobus, Isny im Allgäu; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).

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26. Death of St Francis Xavier, attributed to Jacob Kellner. After 1748. Polychrome wood, 50 by 170 by 80 cm. (Cathedral Museum, Santiago; photograph by Fernando Guzmán).

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27. Pulpit (detail), attributed to Georg Lanz. After 1751. (Church of La Merced, Santiago).

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St Stanislas Kostka, by Johannes Bitterich. 1711. Polychrome wood (Martinskirche, Bamberg)

Western art unattributed:

24. St Sebastian, anonymous. First half of the eighteenth century. Polychrome wood. (Church of Maria Schnee, Lehenbühl; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).

Western art unattributed:

25. St Sebastian, anonymous. First half of the eighteenth century. Polychrome wood. (Church of St Wolfgang, Kleukheim; photograph by Peta Gillyatt Bailey).

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