Mexico, 1909 CE. One of the finest retablos we have seen, this is a bright and well-painted piece of devotional folk art. It shows two people praying before an altar to the Virgin Mary; bright colors mark out the room, with its green drapes, peach walls, yellow cloth on the altar, and most of all the bright blue reserved for the Virgin's robe. Size: 13.85" W x 10" H (35.2 cm x 25.4 cm)

At the bottom, the text reads: "En el mes de Abril de 1909, estando proxima la Sra. Manuela viramontes de Rodriguez a un peligroso alum ramineto por haberla deshusiado los medicos diciendo que de el moriria invocaron ella y su esposo Jesus M. Rodriguez a nuestra madre Srna. De la Candelaria que se venera en su santuario en sombrerete sanando sin peligro alguno, con pasmo del Dios y todos los que estaban presentes retablo. Porvenir estado Coahuila."

A very short paraphrase of that is: "In April, 1909, Senora Manuela Viramontes de Rodriguez became ill. Doctors felt that it was hopeless and that she would die. She, along with her husband Jesus M. Rodriguez, prayed to the Virgin Mary and God and was healed; this retablo commemorates this, and comes from the state of Coahuila.

Provenance: Ex - Historia Antiques, Santa Monica, CA, James Caswell

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#116603

Condition is excellent to near choice with very fresh paint and little damage.