UNESCOPH

86-2683 – Nun with skull

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Here is the second sketch I did on 23 April in Intramuros, with #UrbanSketchersManila at the San Agustin Museum for the Unesco World Book and Copyright Day. On the left is a molave wood statue of Sta. Monica, the mother of St. Augustine (from Bacolor, Pampanga dating back to the 1700s). On the right is a statue of Saint Rita of Cascia. According one website she may have been holding a crucifix in her left hand – and she is known as the patroness of impossible causes including sterility, loneliness and marriage difficulties! I’m not sure why she is holding a skull though.

Tue-23-Apr-2024

86-2682 – Museo de San Agustin

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For the second part of our afternoon off on 23 April in Intramuros, we joined #UrbanSketchersManila at the San Agustin Museum for the Unesco World Book and Copyright Day, hosted by the UNESCO-Philippine National Commission. The museum has an amazing collection of religious artefacts, housed in a former monastery, with beautiful courtyards (I could sketch there for days). In my sketch the figures at the ends are St. Augustine and St. Paul (17th century Molave wood from Sexmoan, Pampanga …yes that is a real place), and in the middle is a 20th century Risen Christ. The museum notes didn’t say anything about the wooden altarpiece.

Tue-23-Apr-2024