Spanish school seventeenth century."Bust of a saint.Carved and polychrome wood.Measurements: 43 x 26 x 11 cm; 52 x 33 x 17 cm (base).We are in front of a wood carving belonging to the Spanish School of the seventeenth century which represents the bust of a saint from a vestment image.The origin of the vestment images is still unclear because there are many evidences that question the birth of this type of work in the baroque period, as it has been pointed out for a long time. The custom of covering images, which we can interpret as the previous step to the realization of vestured images, can be seen in the images covered with gold plates and precious metals during the Middle Ages. This ornamental technique did nothing more than to arrange sumptuous clothing over the original carved models.The phenomenon of dress images is inherently popular, so it is difficult to section the time to speak of closed models and periods, but the general trend throughout the new century was undoubtedly the enrichment and transformation of the classical model of these images.