Retablo of Unknown Votary
Retablo of Unknown Votary

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Latin American Art

Retablo of Unknown Votary,

1954

Artist unrecorded
2020-261

Information

Title
Retablo of Unknown Votary
Dates

1954

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Oil on metal
Dimensions
32.7 × 39.5 cm (12 7/8 × 15 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Douglas S. Massey, Graduate School Class of 1978, and Susan T. Fiske
Object Number
2020-261
Description

Doy gracias a la Virgen “De San Juan De los Lagos” por haberme librado de un accidente automobilistico del cual 4 personas salieron muertos y 4 eridos y que ocurio en San Francisco, California y que la Virgen me libro. 18-8-54

I give thanks to the Virgin “of San Juan de los Lagos” for having saved me from an automobile accident in which four persons were left dead and four injured that occurred in San Francisco, California, and from which the Virgin saved me. 18-8-54

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

Douglas S. Massey and Susan T Fiske, Princeton, New Jersey, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 2020.

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