Mid-century ex-voto retablos depicting Our Lady of Guadalupe in primary and pastel colors, on wood, decoupaged with written attribution and illustration of Guadalupe.

Verlag: Mexico, 1945

Beschreibung

A retablo, or laminas in Mexico, is a small painting on tin, zinc, copper or wood. Ex-votos, or an offering to a saint or divinity, can take a wide variety of forms. They are not only intended for the helping figure, but also as a testimony to later visits of the recieved help. As such, they may inclue texts explaing a miracle attributed to the helper, or symbols such as a painted or modeled reproduction of a miraculously healed body part, or a directly related item such as a crutch offered from a person who had formerly been lame. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 2241

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mid-century ex-voto retablos depicting Our ...

Verlag: Mexico

Erscheinungsdatum: 1945

Zustand: Very good