In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Active in the Catalonia region of Spain, Saint Raymond Nonnatus (d. 1240) was famous for ransoming Christian slaves from North Africa. He even gave himself up for hostage when he ran out of money, at which point his captors padlocked his lips to stop him from preaching. In this fragment of an altarpiece from Spanish New Mexico, Raymond is dressed as a cardinal and holds a monstrance (a vessel to display the consecrated host or relics) and a martyr's palm branch. The artist most likely adapted this composition from exemplars produced by the Jesuits in Mexico.
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José Aragon — Saint Raymond Nonnatus (San Ramon Nonato)
José Aragon — San Ramon Nonato
The Laguna Santero — Saint John of Nepomuk (San Juan Nepomuc
Antonio Molleno — Saint Blasius
José Aragon — Saint Joseph the Patriarch (San José Patriarca
anonymous — A Holy Bishop
José Benito Ortega — Archangel Saint Raphael (San Raphael)
José Raphael Aragon — Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo)
San Francisco de Assisi: santo de retablo
José Benito Ortega — Saint Barbara (Santa Barbara)
anonymous — Saint Ignatius of Antioch
Casper — Saint Wolfgang (Sch.*1733a)