Retablo of Concepción Romero Sánchez
Retablo of Concepción Romero Sánchez

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Latin American Art

Retablo of Concepción Romero Sánchez,

1955

Artist unrecorded
2020-269

Information

Title
Retablo of Concepción Romero Sánchez
Dates

1955

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Oil on metal
Dimensions
36 × 26 cm (14 3/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jorge Durand and Patricia Arias
Object Number
2020-269
Description

Concepcion Romero Sanchez da gracias a la Sma. Virgen de S. Juan por haber sufrido una emorrajia y aclamé a la Sma. Virgen, me concedio mi salud en testimonio doy el presente retablo. Julio 1955. Robeston, Texas, E.U.

Concepción Romero Sánchez gives thanks to the Holiest Virgin of San Juan. For, having suffered a hemorrhage, I called out to the Holiest Virgin and she granted me my health. In testimony I give the present retablo. July 1955. Robertson, Texas, US

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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