Reredos, San Miguel Mission

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Princeton Theological Seminary (Contributor)
Contributors: James R. Tanis (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Postcard
Language:Undetermined language
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Published: s.a.
Further subjects:B United States ; NM ; Santa Fe
B Postcards
B Catholic Church
B Fine Arts
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Description
Item Description:Interior of San Miguel. San Miguel is the oldest church in the United States dating from 1610 when Santa Fe was founded. This reredos or altar backdrop was built at the request of Don Jose Antonio Ortiz in 1798. Restoration in 1955 included the cleaning of the oil paintings that were certainly in the Oldest Church before 1776. The wood carvings are Old Spanish and Spanish Colonial