Stations of the Cross (14 works)

Sculpture

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Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Archives (San Antonio, Texas)

Station I: Jesus is Condemned to Death: Estación I: Jesús es condenado a muerte
Station I: Jesus is Condemned to Death

Estación I: Jesús es condenado a muerte

Name/Title

Stations of the Cross (14 works)

Entry/Object ID

2025.9.3

Description

Title [assigned by artist]: Stations of the Cross Fourteen bas-relief painted carvings of the Stations of the Cross surround nave of the Chapel. Each five-foot-tall Station has a wooden frame with an engraved nickel plate etched with the name of a donor. Letters from Mother Alphonse Brollier, CCVI (1858 – 1939) indicate that the Stations were purchased from Frederick Pustet and Company in 1906. Pustet & Co. was a manufacturer of religious articles—including vestments, statues, Stations of the Cross, and sacred vessels—based in New York and Cincinnati, Ohio. The Stations of the Cross are a series of images of Jesus Christ throughout the day of his Crucifixion. They serve as a contemplative tool that allow the faithful to make a meditative spiritual pilgrimage through the Passion of Christ. CCVI Sisters would meditate on these Stations in the Chapel daily. Título [asignado por el artista]: Estaciones del Vía Crucis. Catorce bajorrelieves pintados de las Estaciones del Vía Crucis rodean la nave de la capilla. Cada estación, de metro y medio de altura, tiene un marco de madera con una placa de níquel grabada con el nombre de un donante. Las cartas de la Madre Alphonse Brollier, CCVI (1858 – 1939) indican que las estaciones fueron compradas a Frederick Pustet and Company en 1906. Pustet & Co. era un fabricante de artículos religiosos —entre los que se incluían vestimentas, estatuas, estaciones del Vía Crucis y vasos sagrados— con sede en Nueva York y Cincinnati, Ohio. Las estaciones del Vía Crucis son una serie de imágenes de Jesucristo a lo largo del día de su crucifixión. Sirven como herramienta contemplativa que permite a los fieles realizar una peregrinación espiritual meditativa a través de la Pasión de Cristo. Las Hermanas CCVI meditaban diariamente sobre estas estaciones en la capilla.

Type of Sculpture

Relief

Artwork Details

Medium

Carved wood

Collection

HIM-US-Communities-Motherhouse

Made/Created

Artist

Frederick Pustet and Company

Date made

1906

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Carving

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Sculpture

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Getty AAT

Concept

bas-reliefs

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Religious art objects, Bas-reliefs, Stations of the Cross

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Approximate

Height

5 ft