Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus in his arms

Image of Saint Joseph with the Child Jesus

• Image made entirely of pulp wood
• Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus have glass eyes.
• For sale in 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 80 cm.
• Handcrafted image with polychrome finish.
• San José wears purple and ocher colors.
• The Child Jesus is dressed in white, a symbol of purity.
• The image carries in its right hand a flowery rod, an attribute with which Saint Joseph is represented in most of the imagery pieces.
• According to most historians, the rod (or staff) of Saint Joseph is decorated with almond blossoms (some versions hold that they may be lilies or lilies) and two meanings are attributed to it:
  1. The chastity and purity that he maintained throughout his life.
  2. His choice by God as the ideal one to marry Mary, as the prophet Isaiah recounts: "And a branch will come out of the root of Jesse, and a flower will come out of his root" (Is 11, 1)