This retablo exemplifies the devotional folk-art tradition in Latin America, executed on a thin tin support. Retablos were created as votive offerings, often commissioned in gratitude for divine intervention, and feature painted religious iconography rendered in a naïve yet expressive style. The present example demonstrates both the accessibility of tin as a medium and the enduring role of retablos in popular religious practice.
-Size: 10in x 14in
-Materials: tin, paint
-Provenance: 19th–early 20th century
-Made in: Latin America
-Notes:
This retablo exemplifies the devotional folk-art tradition in Latin America, executed on a thin tin support. Retablos were created as votive offerings, often commissioned in gratitude for divine intervention, and feature painted religious iconography rendered in a naïve yet expressive style. The present example demonstrates both the accessibility of tin as a medium and the enduring role of retablos in popular religious practice.
-Size: 10in x 14in
-Materials: tin, paint
-Provenance: 19th–early 20th century
-Made in: Latin America
-Notes: