A private collection · five objects
The stories of the figures on the shelf
Five devotional statues, photographed where they stand. Each one is either a moment in the Gospels, a person who came later, or an angel who was there first. Pick one and read what it actually is — the identity, the scene, the objects in its hands, and the line between what Scripture says and what legend added.
The Holy Family
Three figures, three halos, and one rosary threaded through all of them.
Saint George
A Roman soldier of the Great Persecution who gave his life for Christ, and the most beloved of the warrior saints.
Saint Anthony of Padua
A Portuguese friar whose preaching drew crowds, whose books taught a generation, and who was canonised within a year of his death.
Saint Michael the Archangel
The archangel whose name is itself a confession — Who is like God? — and who stands with a raised sword against the ancient serpent.
Archangel Raphael
The archangel of healing, who walked beside a young man as a hired companion and asked no praise for the healing he brought.