Mexico
Early 19th century
Oil on beveled wood panel
Height: 9 in / 22.9 cm; Width: 9 1/2 in / 24.1 cm
Provenance: Jean Charlot, Honolulu, HI
An early 19th-century Mexican devotional retablo, depicting Santa Rosa de Lima. The saint is shown holding a cross, with red flowers or roses at her head, attributes closely associated with Santa Rosa’s iconography. Santa Rosa was especially venerated in Spanish America, where she represented piety, sacrifice, purity, and spiritual devotion.
The painting comes from the collection of Jean Charlot, the French-born artist, scholar, and writer who worked in Mexico in the 1920s alongside Diego Rivera and other major figures of the Mexican artistic and intellectual circle. Charlot later lived and taught in Honolulu, where he died in 1979. This provenance gives the work an added historical connection to the study and collecting of Mexican devotional and folk art.
The beveled wood panel, direct devotional format, and simplified handling are consistent with popular religious painting made for private devotion. Works of this kind were used in homes, chapels, and personal altars, where saints served as protectors and intercessors. The image preserves the intimate character of Mexican Catholic devotion in the early 19th century.
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Mexico
Early 19th century
Oil on beveled wood panel
Height: 9 in / 22.9 cm; Width: 9 1/2 in / 24.1 cm
Provenance: Jean Charlot, Honolulu, HI
An early 19th-century Mexican devotional retablo, depicting Santa Rosa de Lima. The saint is shown holding a cross, with red flowers or roses at her head, attributes closely associated with Santa Rosa’s iconography. Santa Rosa was especially venerated in Spanish America, where she represented piety, sacrifice, purity, and spiritual devotion.
The painting comes from the collection of Jean Charlot, the French-born artist, scholar, and writer who worked in Mexico in the 1920s alongside Diego Rivera and other major figures of the Mexican artistic and intellectual circle. Charlot later lived and taught in Honolulu, where he died in 1979. This provenance gives the work an added historical connection to the study and collecting of Mexican devotional and folk art.
The beveled wood panel, direct devotional format, and simplified handling are consistent with popular religious painting made for private devotion. Works of this kind were used in homes, chapels, and personal altars, where saints served as protectors and intercessors. The image preserves the intimate character of Mexican Catholic devotion in the early 19th century.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.INQUIRE HERE
