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Mexican Tin Retablo N S. DE GUADALUPE & JUAN DIEGO browse these categories for related items... All Items: Fine Art:Paintings:Oil:N. America: Pre 1900: item # 858345
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A wonderfully colorful 19th Mexican retablo of "Neustra Senora de Guadalupe con Juan Diego". Tradition has it that the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego in the guise of a Mexican girl in 1531. The apparation was particularly notable in that it was the first report of the Virgin appearing in an ethnic identity that Mexican natives could relate to. In retablo art as in this
example, she is often shown with a quite dark complexion. In this example, she is shown in her traditional pose standing on a silver crescent moon supported by a cherub. She wears her usual heavily embroidered gown and the blue robe scattered with gilt stars. Her hands are clasped in a manner of prayer. This retablo is a rare variation, however, because of the appearance of Juan Diego in the lower left corner. He is shown holding the cloak filled with roses and bearing the image of the Virgin which she gave him to prove her authenticity. The retablo retains an old, and probably original, carved frame. The back bears an indistinct artist's signature in pencil and a collector's label stating "Found by H. S. Burlingham in Queretaro, Mexico in 1958." Origin: Mexico, ca. 1860. Condition: very good, scattered small paint flakes, no rust on front surface. Size: image, 5-3/4" x 7-3/4"; frame, 8-3/8" x 10-1/8". |
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