THE SANTEIRO MASTER OF LAGOA DOURADA, MINAS GERAIS, BRASIL

Abstract

The objective of this article is to present the master saint maker who worked in Lagoa Dourada, a municipality in the Campos das Vertentes region, Minas Gerais. This master, whose name was not identified, is now known as Mestre de Lagoa Dourada. He traveled to other villages in Minas Gerais, where he created devotional sculptures. His work must have occurred in the first half of the 18th’ century and he left us significant works that have already been identified from his work, but others still need to be located, as long as information about the typology he constructed over time is better known. Among the images identified, some present more naive solutions and others with more maturity. The legacy of this Master includes an expressive collection of images, with styles that are immediately identifiable, due to their sculptural solutions and polychromy.