Animas box in the Parish Church of Santiago in Málaga

Abstract

Animas box in the parish of Santiago de Málaga, painted around 1665 by a pupil of Alonso Cano, Juan Niño de Guevara, shows a message based on the Communion of Saints, perhaps devised by the author based on their solid Christian formation. Logically, the issue is a clear allusion to the three groups that make up this concept: the Church Militant, exemplifies the bier of the deceased offi ces meaning the votes that raise the faithful to honor their dead, the Church Suffering, is present in the souls suffering in the fi re purging his sins, and the Church Triumphant, indicated by the saints means the holder of the parish prisoners pouring on the grace of salvation, the divine presence of the Virgin Mary and Child Jesus depicted as Creator and Redeemer of the world. Concept, the latter, strongly reiterated that cross the entire composition that focuses on burial mound, as a specific example of Christ-Trent