| St.
Jude Catholic Mission is pleased to offer you the opportunity to acquire
this newly released print by renowned artist Peter Hurd.
See details below. |
| "The Legend of San Ysidro" |
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| Many years ago
in far away Spain, which is a country that looks very much like New Mexico,
there lived a man named Ysidro. A good man, being both devout and
hard working he was destined to become a saint. Although Ysidro's
last name is lost in the dust of centuries, it is known that he was a faithful
and trusted laborer for a rich farmer named Juan Vargas. But as sometimes
happens among people, a spirit of envy and resentment toward Ysidro arose
among the other workers on the farm. At first Don Juan paid no attention
to this but as the gossip continued and other workers reported that Ysidro
really didn't work nearly as hard or faithfully as some people believed
Don Juan decided to see for himself.
So early one morning while dew glistened on the grass and before the sun had peeped from behind the foothills of the Sierra Guadarrama Don Juan walked toward a field, which Ysidro had been told to plow. After pushing through a willow thicket that flanked a beautiful mountain stream, very much like our own Rio Ruidoso, he came suddenly to the field and there before him was Ysidro but instead of plowing the earth as he had been told to do he was kneeling, his head bowed and hands clasped. His Patrón was on the very verge of telling him angrily that he should be working and not loafing while the field went unplowed. But the scolding was never delivered for suddenly a most awesome and beautiful sight drew the attention of Don Juan Vargas. For there behind the kneeling figure of Ysidro who remained lost in a devotional dream, there gliding slowly across the field was a yolk of milk-white oxen. Holding the plow which the oxen were pulling was a winged angel wearing a golden surcoat. And so Ysidro's name has come down through the years ever since the 12th century when he lived. Throughout the Spanish speaking countries he is known as San Ysidro, El Labrador, the patron saint of farmers and ranchers and workers everywhere. This painting is a gift to the new church of San Patricio and to my neighbors up and down the valley. I hope that they will share with me my delight in the subject. As they will see, I have not painted the dress and implements of the 12th Century in Spain; rather I have attempted to stress the universal and timeless beauty of the Legend of San Ysidro, making him some on who might have lived in our own valley and in Recent Times. Peter Hurd San Patricio
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| This is the text from the hand written document which accompanied the painting that Peter Hurd generously donated to St. Jude Catholic Mission in San Patricio, New Mexico. |
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| Mr. Hurd presented this
painting to the people of San Patricio on the dedication of St. Jude Mission
in 1967.
The original painting hangs in the Mission Church in San Patricio, New Mexico. |
| St. Jude Catholic Church is pleased to offer you the opportunity to acquire this newly released print by renowned artist Peter Hurd. |
| This reproduction is limited to an
edition of 1,000. Each print is numbered and is accompanied with
a certificate of authenticity from the estate of Peter Hurd and St. Jude
Mission.
The dimensions of the prints are:
Each print is available at the price of $100 plus $5 shipping and handling per print. To order this Limited Edition Print,
please contact the Parish Office at:
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