Lot 264A
Latin America, Mexico, ca. 19th century CE. A pair of antique tin paintings, one a retablo of la Mater Dolorosa and an ex-voto of a Maria de Talpa healing a young woman. The retablo depicts la Mater Dolorosa or N. S. de los Dolores (Sorrowful Mother or Our Lady of Sorrows), a composition which Mary is depicted mourning Christ's crucifixion; her head covered with a blue veil, her hands clasped together, a dagger pointed at her breast, and the crown of thorns and nails set before her. Behind the Virgin is a bloody column topped by a rooster, symbolizing St. Peter's denial of Christ "three times before the cock crows." The ex-voto shows a seated woman named Laura Briseno with an injured leg, praying to Maria de Talpa, who appears floating in the air before her. The inscription describing the circumstance of the miracle is in cursive and mostly legible with the year 1870. Both paintings are the same dimensions. Size: 10" L x 7" W (25.4 cm x 17.8 cm)
Ex-votos are little story paintings indicative of healing or blessing popular in Mexican visual culture. This tradition was inspired by the Greeks and was brought to the New World by the Spaniards. These votive paintings were hung in a church or home in order to celebrate and give thanks for the recovery of an individual from an illness or dangerous situation. Hence, ex-votos represent the spiritual or physical gains received. These paintings include hand painted passages that relate the details of the cure or the rescue.
Provenance: private San Francisco, California, USA collection, acquired 1970s to 2000s
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#170943
- Condition: Retablo has newer tin patches welded to peripheries to fill in nail piercings, or from attaching to a frame. Chips, staining, and discoloration of pigments but images and text are discernable on both. Bending and indentations to peripheries of retablo. Chips to ex-voto corners. Both are pierced at top for suspension.
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