Retablo Depicting Nuestra Senora de San Juan de los Lagos
Item Details
An early 19th Century Spanish Colonial retablo image on board depicting Nuestra Senora de San Juan de los Lagos (Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos). The image shows Mary in a white and red dress and blue robe holding her hands in prayer. She is standing behind a crescent moon on a pedestal and flanked by two tall candles and framed by red drapes. The image is bordered by a black line. The image is notated with the letters ‘S’ and ‘O’ around the base of the urn. The rustic painting is executed in black, red blue and yellow on a rough hewn board. 1938.0544
Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century around Santa Fe, New Mexico, and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938.
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections.
Condition
- darkened overall.
- minor losses along edges
Dimensions
Item #
17COL077-012
