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The statuette is paired with the statuette of St Teresa of Avila (A. 84-1923). St Teresa of Avila was a Discalced Carmelite, whose mythical writings where hugely influential. St Teresa together with St John, a poet and mystic, founded the order of the Discalced Carmelite friars. She was canonized in 1622, while St John was canonized over a century later in 1726. Both became revered Spanish saints; they were friends and companions, and together active in the reform of the Carmelite Order in the 1560s. Both figures are likely to have been made in ca. 1730, in a slightly <i>retardataire</i> style, recalling the seventeenth century. The drapery is particularly finely carved.","physicalDescription":"Statuette of St John of the Cross in ivory. The head is missing. He is shown wearing a Carmelite habit, resting his weight on his left leg, his right leg bent behind him. His left hand is raised and he holds a book in his right hand and wears a rosary with a small skull and cross at his waist. The separate, dowelled ivory base is adorned with a cherubim bordered by scrolls. 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