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Panel - St Dominic with a dog

St Dominic with a dog

  • Object:

    Panel

  • Place of origin:

    Mexico (made)

  • Date:

    1696 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Reinoso, Diego (artist)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Carved bone

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Alfred Williams Hearn

  • Museum number:

    A.45-1923

  • Gallery location:

    Sculpture, room 111, case DR6

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Ivory was popular as a material for religious subjects, especially during the 17th and 18th centuries. Spanish and Portuguese patrons imported ivories carved with Christian imagery from their territories overseas, such as the Philippines, Mexico and Goa. German and Netherlandish artists were renowned for their dexterity in ivory carving. Their reliefs are masterpieces of composition and virtuosity. St Dominic was the founder of the Dominican order, which was active in Central and South America from the early 16th century onwards.

Physical description

Panel of bone painted and gilt, set with crystal; rectangular in shape with the corners cut off to form an octagon. The saint, his dog at his side, is robed in the Dominican habit, a cross in his right hand, a book in his left. The frame in which he stands is engraved with floral patterns and surmounted with conjoined volutes. On the back is an oval panel, the edge gilt, inscribed: DIEGO REINOSO /INVEN /TOR EN / MEXICO / 1696.

Place of Origin

Mexico (made)

Date

1696 (made)

Artist/maker

Reinoso, Diego (artist)

Materials and Techniques

Carved bone

Marks and inscriptions

'DIEGO REINOSO /INVEN /TOR EN / MEXICO / 1696.'

Descriptive line

Bone panel of St Dominic with dog, painted and gilt, set with crystal, by Diego Reinoso, Mexico, 1696

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Longhurst, Margaret H. Catalogue of Carvings in Ivory. London: Published under the Authority of the Board of Education, 1927-1929. Part II. p. 110.

Materials

Bone; Crystal

Techniques

Carving; Painting (image-making); Gilding

Subjects depicted

Scrolling foliage; Dog; Crucifixes; Staffs (walking sticks); Dominic (Saint)

Categories

Sculpture; Christianity

Collection code

SCP

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