Since 2005, Spanish Colonial and Mexican Religious Art has been one of the focus areas of SAMFA's Permanent Collection--thanks to an initial gift by Fred Pottinger of San Antonio, TX and additional gifts by Hamp and Bonnie Beesley. Then, thanks to a major grant awarded by the Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation, we were able to purchase 50 more works. Since then, more major gifts have followed, most importantly, from Richard Parkman and from Thomas Duckworth. The Collection numbers about 100 works including 8 major masterpieces of the Mexican Baroque period.
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Salvador Guevara (Mexican, d. 1940)
Kneeling Angel (for the Puebla Cathedral), 1888
Carved, polychromed wood
2016.15
62 x 24 x 40"
Gift of Richard Parkman, Dallas, Texas
Unknown artist, possibly Ecuador
Bastidore (cage) type santo, Archangel, 18th c
Carved, polychromed wood
2021.16.9
59 x 21 x 14"
Gift of Richard Parkman, Dallas, Texas
Unknown Artist
Archangel San Rafael, undated
2013.11.1
17" x 10.75" x 10.75"
Polychrome on wood, glass eyes
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
Bastidore Santo (Cage Santo), undated
2013.11.4
33.5" x 14" x 9"
Polychrome on wood, glass eyes
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
Crucifix Corpus and Halo, mid 19th century
15" x 10" x 2.5"
Polychrome on wood, silver
Gift of the late Fred Pottinger
Unknown Artist
Cruz des animas, 19th century
19.25" x 9.75" x 6
Painted wood
Gift of the late Fred Pottinger
Unknown Artist
La Purisime Concepcion, early 19th century
17.5" x 6.5" x 6"
Painted wood
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Unknown Artist
Male Saint with Stand, 19th century
2013.11.5
30.25" x 8" x 8"
Painted wood with linen
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
St. Anthony, undated
2013.11.2
24.75" x 14" x 8"
Polychrome on wood, glass eyes
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
Saint Francis of Paola, undated
2013.11.3
18.75" x 7.5" x 7"
Polychrome on wood
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
Santo Head with Torso, undated
2013.11.6
24.5" x 7.5" x 7"
Polychrome on wood, linen
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
Stand, undated
2013.11.7
6" x 10.75" x 10.75"
Polychrome on wood
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
The Annunciation (nun's badge), 17th century
4" x 3"
Oil on tin
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Unknown Artist
Virgin Mary (nun's badge), late 19th century
4.25" x 3.75"
Oil on tin
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
José de Paez
Our Lady of Carmel, c. 1760
17.25" x 12.5"
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Antonio de Torres
Adoration of the Magi, 1729
68.5" x 91"
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Antonio de Torres
Adoration of the Shepherds, 1729
68.5" x 91"
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Antonio de Torres
Presentation in the Temple, 1729
68.5" x 91"
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Antonio de Torres
The Finding in the Temple, 1729
68.5" x 91"
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Unknown Artist
Death of St. Alexius, c. 1760
52" x 42"
Oil on canvas
Gift of the late Fred Pottinger
Unknown artist, Mexico
Nuestra Senora de Los Remedios Paz, 18th c.
Oil on canvas
2017.1.2
25.5 x 20.5"
Gift of Richard Parkman, Dallas, Texas
Unknown Artist
Our Lady of Sorrows, late 19th century
9.5" x 6.5"
Retablo on tin
Gift of the late Fred Pottinger
Unknown Artist
St. Francis Xavier, 19th century
31.5" x 21.5"
Oil on canvas
Gift of the late Fred Pottinger
Unknown Artist
St. Rose of Lima, 1820
23" x 16.5"
Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Unknown Artist
San Salvador de Horta, c. 1875
21.75" x 18"
Painting
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Unknown Artist
Santiago Matamoras (St. James the Elder,
Slayer of the Moors), 1866
2013.11.9
Oil on tin
Gift of Hamp and Bonnie Beesley
Unknown Artist
Sto. Nino de Atocha, late 19th century
16.5" x 12.5"
Retablo on tin
Gift of the late Fred Pottinger
Cristóbal de Villalpando
Last Supper of St. Francis, c. 1695
91" x 105"
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation
Cristóbal de Villalpando
Vision of St. Francis, c. 1695
131" x 91"
Oil on canvas
Museum purchase with funds from the
Art and Eva Camuñez Tucker Foundation