Mexican work; second half of the 18th century.
"Saint Ferdinand and Child".
Polychrome stucco.
It has a silver frame.
Measurements: 8 x 5 x 1,5 cm.
Silver frame of oval format in whose interior we can appreciate the figures to half bulge of a King supporting in one of his arms the Infant Jesus. The iconographic elements that identify the man (his crown and crozier) allude to Ferdinand III the Saint. Saint Ferdinand conquered Seville on 23 November 1248, after two years of siege. He then established his court in the Reales Alcázares until his death in 1252. His body, incorrupt, lies at the feet of Our Lady the Virgin of the Kings, patron saint of Seville, in the Royal Chapel of the cathedral.
It is worth mentioning that during Spanish colonial rule, a mainly religious art was developed, aimed at Christianising the indigenous peoples. Local artists were modelled on Spanish works, which they followed literally in terms of aesthetic types and iconography. The most frequent models were harquebusier angels and triangular virgins, but in the early 19th century, at the time of the independence and political opening of some of the colonies, several artists began to represent a new model of art with its own identity.