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Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin
Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin

Antique Retable Mexico Spanish Colonial Art oil on tin

$ 520.07

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: A beautiful retable, ca 1885, purchased from James Eddy of Colonial Art.Numerous interesting Icons are at the bottom of this retablo; A black hand, the INRI sign, pliers used to remove the nails, the three nails, the hammer and the crown of thorns. All arranged around the feet of the Baby Jesus. Nicely painted plants with flowers. The Sacred Heart of Jesus appears on his chest. Unusual loss of paint. Some of the surface appears pitted for lack of a better word. Very very small dots of missing paint. The surface of the retablo has a beautiful somewhat dark patina developed over more than130 years of private devotions by candlelight. Santo Nino w/ Sagrado Corazon / Mexico / oil on tin / 10”x14” / ca. 1885A retablo is an antique Mexican devotional oil painting on tin, most often found in small personal altars in one’s home. The Mexican folk tin Retablo movement was short lived lasting from 1830-1910. The artists were rural, isolated and outside of the academic tradition. These modest
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

    Description

    A beautiful retable, ca 1885, purchased from James Eddy of Colonial Art.
    Numerous interesting Icons are at the bottom of this retablo; A black hand, the INRI sign, pliers used to remove the nails, the three nails, the hammer and the crown of thorns. All arranged around the feet of the Baby Jesus. Nicely painted plants with flowers. The Sacred Heart of Jesus appears on his chest. Unusual loss of paint. Some of the surface appears pitted for lack of a better word. Very very small dots of missing paint. The surface of the retablo has a beautiful somewhat dark patina developed over more than130 years of private devotions by candlelight.
    Santo Nino w/ Sagrado Corazon / Mexico / oil on tin / 10”x14” / ca. 1885
    A retablo is an antique Mexican devotional oil painting on tin, most often found in small personal altars in one’s home. The Mexican folk tin Retablo movement was short lived lasting from 1830-1910. The artists were rural, isolated and outside of the academic tradition. These modest paintings captured the imagination and influenced the work of several important artists. Among the many who collected and studied tin Retablos were Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Andre Brenton and Nelson Rockefeller.
    This Retablo is not framed and like most hangs from a single nail at the top center hole in the Retablo. To hang your Retablo: pound a small nail into the wall at the desired location, remove the nail from the wall, align the hole in the top center of the Retablo with the new hole in the wall, and insert the nail through the hole in the Retablo and into the hole in the wall.