St. Joseph with the Christ Child

Identifier
DZIELO/02077
Amount
1
Catalogue note author
Justyna Kuska

Abstract

The sculpture of Saint Joseph was created in the 1930s, most likely simultaneously with a set of alabaster altars made in 1937-1939 at the "Żórawno" Alabaster Factory in Żórawno. In this factory, an established design of altars, a pulpit, a baptismal font and a balustrade separating the chancel from the nave of the church was ordered, which was accepted without major changes by the order of Canons Regular, who exercised their ministry in Kamień. From the beginning, the statue was intended for the altar of Saint Joseph, where it is now. It presents Saint Joseph, protector of the Holy Family, patron of the universal Church, carpenters, woodcutters, craftsmen, all working people, Christian families and good death. The saint was depicted in the traditional iconographic type as a middle-aged man and with a staff topped with a white lily, which refers to the story of the selection of a husband for a servant in the temple of Mary, described in the apocryphal "Gospel of the Birth of Mary".

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How to cite?

Justyna Kuska, "St. Joseph with the Christ Child", [in:] "The Sacred Lesser Poland Heritage", 2024, source:  https://sdm.upjp2.edu.pl/en/works/st-joseph-with-the-christ-child

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