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A Male Saint in Glory
Creator
Pedro Atanasio BocanegraSpanish Artist · 1638–1689
All works by this person →After youthful study with Spanish Baroque painter Alonso Cano, Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra absorbed many elements of Cano's art and followed in his master's footsteps to become a major painter in Granada. The archbishops of Granada valued Bocanegra above all other painters in the city and appointed him painter to the cathedral church. Later in his career, Bocanegra worked in Seville and Madrid, where
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- about 1660–1689
- Medium
- Pen and brown and grayish brown inks
- Culture
- Spanish
- Department
- Drawings
- Institution
- Getty Museum
A cloud of putti raise up to heaven an unknown saint with arms outstretched. Using rapid and somewhat sketchy penwork, Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra formed the saint and his chubby supporters with briskly drawn hatching. Quick lines suggest the extended fingers on the saint's right hand, while overlapping circles hint at the swirling motion of the putti. One putto even seems to ascend in a tornado like a small whirling dervish in the upper right. In the bottom corner, a plump cherub with tousled hair detaches himself from the group and flies off. Scholars believe that the saint is a deacon, since he wears a short tunic or dalmatic and a square ornament known as a pectoral on his chest.
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