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Mexican retablo (ex-voto) — a devotional folk painting, usually from tin, comm - $175 (Dover)
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The piece shows a family giving thanks to the Virgin of La Soledad for healing their child from illness.
Hand-painted folk religious art typical of early 20th-century Mexican devotion.
Shows age, patina, and wear appropriate for a 110-year-old piece.
A wonderful collectible for lovers of Mexican folk art, santos, devotional pieces, or tin retablos.
Dimensions:
9 and 1/2" × 7 and 1/4".
Translation the text reads:
“A daughter of Francisca Pérez and Susano Ruiz became sick with measles and would not stop scratching herself, and she became very ill. So they entrusted her to the Virgin of La Soledad, and she began to get better until she was completely healed. For such a miracle, they give infinite thanks.
Real del Monte, 1914.”
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