“Mexican votives are small paintings, usually executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of personal humility when an individual asks a saint for help and is delivered from disaster and sometimes death”…
“On 2 March 1840, Doña Gertrudis Castañeda, having set sail, was caught in a furious storm at sea and in such a terrible predicament she invoked the Virgin of Soledad of Santa Cruz and in finding safety she dedicates this retablo.”
Oil on tin, 1840. Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones/INAH
from ‘Infinitas Gracias: Mexican miracle paintings’ at wellcomecollection.org
(via zepzilia)
“Mexican votives are small paintings, usually executed on tin roof tiles or small plaques, depicting the moment of personal humility when an individual asks a saint for help and is delivered from disaster and sometimes death”…
“On 2 March 1840, Doña Gertrudis Castañeda, having set sail, was caught in a furious storm at sea and in such a terrible predicament she invoked the Virgin of Soledad of Santa Cruz and in finding safety she dedicates this retablo.”
Oil on tin, 1840. Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones/INAH
from ‘Infinitas Gracias: Mexican miracle paintings’ at wellcomecollection.org
(via zepzilia)
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