Santo Nino de Praga

NameRetablo

Artist Artist not recorded

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

Medium[Text from Physical File] tempera. gesso, sawmill scrap wood

DimensionsOverall: 7 5/16 x 7 5/8 in. (18.5 x 19.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1951.9

Object numberA5.1951.9

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

Description[Text from Physical File]
In style of anonymous "El Santo Nino" painter, very naive yet stylized drawing & pure color areas, Gift of Paul Burlin, painter, who lived in and near Santa Fe during the early 1920s. This is the type panel which led to the class-name of this style of retablo, 1936, EB. Value, 1951, approx. $75.00

[Typed Description from TMS]
Rectangular panel with depiction of man with long, dark hair wearing red robe. Surrounded by painted red frame.