Retablo of J. Melquides Murillo
Retablo of J. Melquides Murillo

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Retablo of J. Melquides Murillo,

1961

Artist unrecorded
2020-272

Information

Title
Retablo of J. Melquides Murillo
Dates

1961

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Oil on metal
Dimensions
17.9 × 26 cm (7 1/16 × 10 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jorge Durand and Patricia Arias
Object Number
2020-272
Description

Doy Gracias a Maria Santicima de San Juan de los lagos porque a ella me encomende porque fuera y viniera de la frontera y que fuera contratado. J. Melquiades Murillo. Puerto de Sosa, Gto. Mexico. Primero de Setiembre de 1961

I give thanks to Holiest Mary of San Juan de los Lagos because I prayed that I might go and come across the border and that I might be hired. J. Melquíades Murillo. Puerto de Sosa, Guanajuato, Mexico. September 1, 1961

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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