Retablo (Tin Painting)
Mexican Tin Painting - Retablo - Picture of Saint with halo dressed in Priest's clothing with baby Jesus standing on table. Baby is holding 3 arrows in right hand with cross leaning against his arm. In his left hand he is holding a long stemmed white iris looking flower the table is a crown of thorns and a crown of roses. There are similar scars on both figures left cheeks. It is possible that they are intentional but it does look like they could have been cause by an article falling or scraping across the picture.
- Object: Retablo (Tin Painting)
- Artist: Unknown
- Circa: 19th Century
- Dimensions: 10" wide 14" long
- Culture Area: Mesoamerica
- Cultural Group: Mexico
- Cultural Context: Robin Farwell Gavin: St. Anthony: He was the major assistant to St. Francis of Assisi and a major scholar. Usually the St. Anthony is dressed in a brown habit but the Mexican Franciscans used blue habits to signify their devotion to the divinity of Mary. Mid to late 19th Century Gloria Fraser Giffords: St. Antonio de Padus, Mexican, mid to late 19th Century
- Donor: David and Dolores Thomasson
- Catalog #: 90.321