Retablo of Bernabé H. and Catarina V.
Retablo of Bernabé H. and Catarina V.

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Retablo of Bernabé H. and Catarina V.,

1944

Artist unrecorded
2020-266

Information

Title
Retablo of Bernabé H. and Catarina V.
Dates

1944

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Oil on metal
Dimensions
18 × 25.8 cm (7 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jorge Durand and Patricia Arias
Object Number
2020-266
Description

Encontrándome muy malo de unos calambres estube por dias en un Sanatorio de Nauraksa, E.U. por lo que encontrándome en tan triste situacíon inboqué al Sr. del Saucito, La Virgen Guadalupe, y ala Virgen de S. Juan para que me diera salud. Bernavé H. Catarina V. H. 7-4-1944

Finding myself suffering from bad cramps, I was confined for days in a sanatorium in Nebraska, US. Finding myself in such a sad situation, I invoked the Lord of Saucito, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and the Virgin of San Juan that they should give me health. Bernabé H. and Catarina V. H. 7-4-1944

Culture
Mexican
Type
ex-votos, paintings
Materials
metal, oil paint
Techniques
painting (image-making)
Subject
votive images

Jorge Durand and Patricia Arias,Guadalajara, Mexico, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2020.

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