Virgen de Monserrate
date: label: Date made
content: early 20th century
label: Date made
content: late 19th-early 20th century
name: label: maker
content: Cachetón de Lares
notes: label: Description
content: The lore surrounding the Virgin of Monserrat originated in the jagged mountains of Catalonia, in northeastern Spain. In 1599, when she is said to have appeared to Gerardo González, a farmer, near Hormigueros, in southwestern Puerto Rico, she acquired a new set of traditions and imagery, unique to the island. Like many Madonnas, the Virgin of Monserrat is usually shown seated on a thrown, with her son Jesus Christ on her lap and a globe in one of her outstretched hands. In this example, the globe is missing. This figure shows the unique style of its creator, El Cachetón de Lares, (The Big-Cheeked Man from Lares), a name given to an anonymous <i>santero</i> by Teodoro Vidal, based on the large cheeks with which he endowed his carvings.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: La tradición en torno a la Virgen de Montserrate se originó en las montañas angulosas de Cataluña, en el noreste de España. Cuando en 1599, según se cuenta, se le apareció al granjero Gerardo González cerca de Hormigueros, en el suroeste de Puerto Rico, surgió un nuevo conjunto de tradiciones e imaginería exclusivo a la isla. Como tantas otras Madonas, la Virgen de Montserrate se representa sentada en un trono, con su hijo Jesús en el regazo y un globo en una de sus manos extendidas. En este ejemplo el globo está ausente. La figura exhibe un estilo único característico de su creador, El Cachetón de Lares, nombre que Teodoro Vidal le otorgó a un santero anónimo, basándose en las mejillas infladas con las que el artista dotaba a sus tallas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: Puerto Rico: Lares, Lares
title: label: Title
content: Our Lady of Monserrat
topic: label: depicted
content: Our Lady of Montserrate
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Cultures & Communities
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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: 1997.0097.0668
label: accession number
content: 1997.0097
label: catalog number
content: 1997.0097.0668
objectType: label: Object Name
content: santo
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood; paint; metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: handmade (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 36.9 cm x 12 cm x 11.7 cm; 14 1/2 in x 4 3/4 in x 4 5/8 in