Mexican Retablo Oil on Tin 1890

$950.00

Material: Oil on tin

Date: 1890

Measurements: 13 × 9 inches

Provenance: Constance McCormick Fearing, Santa Barbara, CA

Note: Exhibited Santa Barbara Museum, 1960s

19th century Mexican devotional retablo, oil on tin. Retablos were created as votive offerings of gratitude to saints, the Virgin Mary, or Christ for miraculous intervention in times of illness, accident, or hardship, representing one of the most enduring traditions of Mexican religious art. Displays characteristic vivid palette, expressive figuration, and spiritual intensity. Collected by Constance McCormick Fearing of Santa Barbara, California, and exhibited at the Santa Barbara Museum during the 1960s.

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Material: Oil on tin

Date: 1890

Measurements: 13 × 9 inches

Provenance: Constance McCormick Fearing, Santa Barbara, CA

Note: Exhibited Santa Barbara Museum, 1960s

19th century Mexican devotional retablo, oil on tin. Retablos were created as votive offerings of gratitude to saints, the Virgin Mary, or Christ for miraculous intervention in times of illness, accident, or hardship, representing one of the most enduring traditions of Mexican religious art. Displays characteristic vivid palette, expressive figuration, and spiritual intensity. Collected by Constance McCormick Fearing of Santa Barbara, California, and exhibited at the Santa Barbara Museum during the 1960s.

We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand