In carved and polychrome wood 16th to early 17th centuries In polychrome wood good condition measurements 63 X 45 X 37 cm Pablo de Rojas Alcala La Real 15491611 Granada and his work includes the practice of incorporating relics into images It was in the wake of the Council of Trent and from the year 1563 that the cult of saints and the veneration of their relics became actively promulgated by the Church as a doctrinal objective which in effect was intended to act as a weapon against the Protestant influences that swept Europe The present work is a good example of the characteristic rigid posture of the Romanesque style typical of the works of Pablo de Rojas Carved like a bust the saint is dressed in liturgical vestments and with his arms hidden under a dalmatic The face of Saint John shows us a deep gesture of serenity and a look full of sweetness and peace heading towards the horizon Reference bibliography MARTiN RoSALES Francisco RoSALES MARTiNEZ Francisco Pablo de Rojas 15491613 sculptor of imagery teacher of Juan Martinez Montañes Alcala la Real City Hall 2000 CRUZ CABRERA Jose Policarpo Baroque sculpture from Granada The artistic profession at the service of spirituality in HENARES CUeLLAR Ignacio LoPEZ GUZMaN Rafael coords Antiquity and excellences Catalog of the exhibition held in Seville in octoberDecember 2007 Junta de Andalucia 2007 pp 118132