In Latin America, the images of Saints, either painted or sculpted, were also dsiplayed on the occasion of holidays or processions in addition to being displayed in the churches, among them: numerous representations of the founders of religious orders such as Ignatius of Loyola, who founded the Company of Jesus, or Saint Francis of Assisi, Saint-Patron and Father of the Franciscan Order. It is the quiet nobility of these figures among the ornamental frenzy which is the most touching. The...
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