page_title: Fernando Estévez
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Fernando Estévez / Works
caption_attribution_description: Español: Santísimo Cristo de las Salas Capitulares, 1828 Fernando Estévez de Salas Catedral de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios, San Cristóbal de La Laguna.
context_page_description: Fernando Estévez was a Spanish sculptor of the 18th century from La Orotava, Tenerife. He is considered one of the Canary Islands most noted sculptors.
  It is known for being the creator of the image of the Virgin of Candelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands.
context_section_description: His sculptures represent exclusively religious themes. Among his most important works in Tenerife include the sculpture of the Christ crucified found in the Chapter house of the Cathedral of La Laguna. Also, the image representing the arrest of Jesus in the Garden of Olives in Church of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción (San Cristóbal de La Laguna) and the Immaculate Conception which is in the same church. His most famous work is undoubtedly the Virgin of Candelaria (patron saint of the Canary Islands) created in 1827 to replace the original image that disappeared in 1826 after a storm.
  In other islands they include other works by him: In Santa Cruz de La Palma the Christ of Forgiveness and the Virgin of Carmen that they are in the Church of the Savior. In Lanzarote, he highlights the image of the Virgin of Candelaria is the Church of San Roque in Tinajo. On the island of Gran Canaria include images of the Virgin of the Rosary (Church of Santo Domingo, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) and St. John the Baptist at the St. John the Baptist Basilica in Telde.
caption: Christ crucified of the Chapter house of the Cathedral of La Laguna.
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