Child Jesus

This Infant Jesus, resolved in the style of the Sevillian baroque school, has the special characteristic of being made of pewter (an alloy of lead, tin and copper) and of being an image to be dressed (his clothes would be changed according to the time of the liturgical year). It has come down to us without preserving any of its attire. The figure is embedded, by dowels, in the pedestal that is of carved and polychrome wood, of similar chronology to the sculpture. It appears in an attitude of blessing, with curly hair especially grouped in the center of the head, a characteristic feature of the school of Juan de Mesa. / Extracted from: A.A.V.V.: Instituto Gómez-Moreno (catalog). Granada, 1992, p. 183.