Title
Sexually undifferentiated holy hearts of males and females
Description
These images represent a tradition that depicted Jesus and other religious individuals as hearts. These hearts tend to ne anatomically identical, although Virgin Mary's tend to be represented with daggers, whereas Jesus' is represented with thorns. Other individuals' hearts are not clearly differentiated on a symbolic level.
Creator
Image 1: Cabrera, Miguel (c. 1715-1768)
Image 2: Unknown
Image 2: Unknown
Source
Image 1:
Courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Virreinato (National Museum of the Viceroyalty), Tepotzotlán, Estado de México. El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús ("The sacred heart of Jesus") by Cabrera, Miguel (1750, c.).
https://virreinato.inah.gob.mx/objeto?obj=2557
Image 2:
Courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Virreinato (National Museum of the Viceroyalty), Tepotzotlán, Estado de México. Ángel con canasta de corazones ("Angel with basket of hearts") by Unknown (1750, c.). https://virreinato.inah.gob.mx/objeto?obj=4138
Courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Virreinato (National Museum of the Viceroyalty), Tepotzotlán, Estado de México. El Sagrado Corazón de Jesús ("The sacred heart of Jesus") by Cabrera, Miguel (1750, c.).
https://virreinato.inah.gob.mx/objeto?obj=2557
Image 2:
Courtesy of the Museo Nacional del Virreinato (National Museum of the Viceroyalty), Tepotzotlán, Estado de México. Ángel con canasta de corazones ("Angel with basket of hearts") by Unknown (1750, c.). https://virreinato.inah.gob.mx/objeto?obj=4138
Date
1750, c.
Format
Image 1:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 140 × 198 cm
Image 2:
Carved and polychrome wood.
Dimensions: 71.3 × 18.7 cm
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions: 140 × 198 cm
Image 2:
Carved and polychrome wood.
Dimensions: 71.3 × 18.7 cm
Item Relations
| Item: Saint Peter and Mary Magdalen, by Lombart (1655) | Is related to | This Item |
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