Virgen de Monserrate
date: label: Date made
content: late 18th or early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Based on lore and church documents, this figure illustrates the Miracle of Hormigueros. In 1599, Our Lady of Montserrat appeared to Gerardo González, a farmer near Hormigueros in southwestern Puerto Rico. Attacked by a bull, González invoked the name of the Virgin. Immediately, the beast fell, its legs broken and its forehead touching the ground as if in prayer. In gratitude, González built and dedicated a church to Our Lady of Montserrat. This figure dates from the beginning of the 19th century.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Esta figura describe el Milagro de Hormigueros basándose en la tradición y documentación de la iglesia. En 1599 la Virgen de Montserrate se le apareció a Gerardo González, un granjero, cerca de Hormigueros, en el suroeste de Puerto Rico. Se cuenta que González fue atacado por un toro e invocó el nombre de la Virgen, luego de lo cual la bestia se desplomó de inmediato con las patas quebradas y la frente apoyada en el suelo como en posición de plegaria. En agradecimiento, González construyó una iglesia y se la dedicó a la Virgen de Montserrate. Esta figura data de principios del siglo XIX.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Jayuya, Jayuya
title: label: Title
content: Our Lady of Monserrat
topic: label: depicted
content: Our Lady of Montserrate
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content: Vidal
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Teodoro Vidal
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1997.0097.0721
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0721
objectType: label: Object Name
content: santo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 33 cm x 22.5 cm x 24.5 cm; 13 in x 8 7/8 in x 9 5/8 in