Cinco grupos escultóricos josefinos y un belén atribuidos aquí al escultor sevillano Cristóbal Ramos

Abstract

In this work we present the study of six groups which, after the pertinent examination of their technical, stylistic and iconographic features, we propose their attribution to the Sevillian sculptor Cristóbal Ramos Tello (1725-1799) and his workshop. These are kept in the monastery of Nuestra Señora de Consolación in Triana (Seville), the monastery of San Agustín in Valdepeñas, the monastery of San Leandro in Seville, the monastery of Santa María de Gracia in Jerez de la Frontera and in a private collection, having recently been auctioned in Lisbon. The iconography of the patriarch carrying the Child Jesus, especially developed during the Catholic Counter-Reformation due to the spread of a new model of a more humanised spirituality, stands out, as well as that of his transit and that of the Nativity Scene, of Franciscan origin. Analysis of the medium surrounding these images reveals features that clearly refer to traditional Baroque syntagms, as well as to the production of the proposed artist. Keywords: Cristóbal