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El descubrimiento en el Archivo Histórico provincial de Cádiz de una copia del testamento de D. Tomás Gallo de Ruigallo, otorgado en Cartagena de Indias en 1722, junto a la escritura de fundación de una capellanía en la iglesia de San Mamés de Gallejones, su parroquia de bautismo, aportan nuevos e importantes datos de la labor de patronazgo artístico de este comerciante en su localidad de nacimiento. Como en otros casos conocidos, cierta remesa de plata remitida, junto a un extraordinario montante de dinero supusieron un cambio transcendental para esta pequeña iglesia del arzobispado de Burgos. The discovery of a copy of the testament of D. Tomás Gallo de Ruigallo at the Provincial Historical Archive of Cádiz, conferred in Cartagena de Indias in 1722, together with the founding document of a chaplaincy in the church of San Mamés de Gallejones, his parish of baptism, provide new and important data of the work of artistic patronage of this merchant in his town of birth. As in other known cases, a certain remittance of silver remitted, together with an extraordinary amount of money, meant a transcendental change for this small church of the archbishopric of Burgos.

El descubrimiento en el Archivo Histórico provincial de Cádiz de una copia del testamento de D. Tomás Gallo de Ruigallo, otorgado en Cartagena de Indias en 1722, junto a la escritura de fundación de una capellanía en la iglesia de San Mamés de Gallejones, su parroquia de bautismo, aportan nuevos e importantes datos de la labor de patronazgo artístico de este comerciante en su localidad de nacimiento. Como en otros casos conocidos, cierta remesa de plata remitida, junto a un extraordinario montante de dinero supusieron un cambio transcendental para esta pequeña iglesia del arzobispado de Burgos. The discovery of a copy of the testament of D. Tomás Gallo de Ruigallo at the Provincial Historical Archive of Cádiz, conferred in Cartagena de Indias in 1722, together with the founding document of a chaplaincy in the church of San Mamés de Gallejones, his parish of baptism, provide new and important data of the work of artistic patronage of this merchant in his town of birth. As in other known cases, a certain remittance of silver remitted, together with an extraordinary amount of money, meant a transcendental change for this small church of the archbishopric of Burgos.

Área de Historia del Arte. Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Sevilla, Versión del editor

The paper describes the investigation, conservation and restoration of the sculpture of a Crucified Christ which was part of the International Conservation Workshop Lopud (ICWL). The hollow volume of the body was made using maize stalks(Zea mays). The use of this material is part of a technique that is only found in the Mexican art of the 16th and part of the 17th centuries. Formal dependencies as well as technical aspects of this piece are comparable to similar examples found in Mexico and in Spain, which allows us to confirm that this crucifix was an early export to Croatia. This case sheds light on the early contact between Croatia and Mexico and, at the same time, it is an important work of reference for current scholarship on the early lightweight sculpture made in New Spain (present-day Mexico). CT scans, botanical investigation as well as pigment analysis reveal the making of the sculpture, while a short chapter provides an overview of the condition of the piece and its recent restoration.