Saint Joachim, father of the Virgin Mary

Saint Joachim statue

• Statue of San Joaquín made of pulp wood.
• Entirely hand painted with oil paint.
• Religious sculpture for sale in 40, 50, 60, 80, 100, 120 and 140 cm.
• San Joaquín is represented with:
  • Golden metal halo.
  • A cane in the right hand.
  • Two pigeons.
• Statue with glass eyes.
• Borders of burnished and chiselled gold.
• Highly realistic retouched and polished skin.
• Saint Joachim is the father of the Virgin Mary and the husband of Saint Anne .
• Santa Ana and San Joaquín are the patron saints of the grandparents.

Sculpture of San Joaquín decorated with two doves

San Joaquin sculptures and statues are usually depicted in two main ways.

Sculptures of San Joaquín with the Virgin Mary

The first of them are the sculptures of San Joaquín accompanied by his daughter the Virgin Mary. San Joaquín is usually represented as an elderly man, while the Virgin Mary is sculpted as a girl. These types of statues are very popular because they are usually filled with the tenderness and affection that emanate from the relationship between fathers and daughters.

Statues of San Joaquin with two doves

The second of the classic representations of San Joaquín are the statues of the Saint adorned with a basket with two pigeons or pigeon pigeons.

This attribute represents one of the types of ritual offerings that used to be made at the time in which San Joaquín lived. It was tradition that the faithful took some kind of ritual offering to the temples.

San Joaquín is represented with the two doves, because tradition tells us that he was denied entry to the temple one day when he wanted to present his offering. The reason he was not allowed access to San Joaquin was that he was a childless man.