Mexico
18th century
Oil on copper
Height: 3 1/4 in / 8.3 cm; Width: 2 3/4 in / 7 cm
Provenance: London trade
A small 18th-century Mexican devotional pendant painted in oil on copper, depicting Our Lady of the Rosary. The compact copper format gives the image a luminous surface suited to private devotion, while the pendant form suggests it was made to be held, worn, or kept close rather than displayed as a larger retablo.
The Virgin is shown in the long tradition of Rosario imagery, associated with prayer, protection, and Marian devotion across colonial Mexico. Its scale, material, and subject make it a personal devotional object with strong visual presence despite its small size.
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Mexico
18th century
Oil on copper
Height: 3 1/4 in / 8.3 cm; Width: 2 3/4 in / 7 cm
Provenance: London trade
A small 18th-century Mexican devotional pendant painted in oil on copper, depicting Our Lady of the Rosary. The compact copper format gives the image a luminous surface suited to private devotion, while the pendant form suggests it was made to be held, worn, or kept close rather than displayed as a larger retablo.
The Virgin is shown in the long tradition of Rosario imagery, associated with prayer, protection, and Marian devotion across colonial Mexico. Its scale, material, and subject make it a personal devotional object with strong visual presence despite its small size.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
