Charming Hand Painted Vintage / Antique Mexican Retablo which tells the story of a 2 year old child suffering with Scarlet Fever. This child recovered from the fever because of the miracle performed by the Lady of San Juan Lagos. It is painted on tin by an unknown artist as most of them were. It came from an old St. The writing on the retablo is in Spanish and unsigned. It is written below the picture of the parents and child kneeling and thanking the Virgin Mary also known as the Lady of San Juan Lagos for all the miracles she performed. Measures approx: 10″ high by 14″ wide. Overall in good condition with minor surface wear as expected for its age as seen in photos. A retablo in Mexican folk art is a devotional painting, often on a rectangular sheet of tin that illustrate holy images such as Christ, the Virgin Mother, or one of the hundreds of saints. Many ex-votos (“from a vow”) tells the story that led to the painting. Usually the circumstances were dangerous or threatening events that actually occurred, which the person survived thanks to divine intervention of the sacred person. They are made as a way of thanking the sacred person for protection. The item “ANTIQUE MEXICAN EX-VOTO RETABLO Tin Painting FOLK ART Mary of San Juan Lagos” is in sale since Wednesday, May 23, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Folk Art & Indigenous Art”. The seller is “uptownantiques” and is located in Saint Louis, Missouri. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
- Region of Origin: Mexico
- Artist: Unknown
- Style: Folk Art
- Material: Tin
- Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
- Date of Creation: 1900-1949
- mexican folk art: ex-votos retablo
- Type: Metalwork
- Width (Inches): 14
- Color: Multi-Color
- Subject: Religious
- Originality: Original
- Height (Inches): 10