DepartmentHispano

Saint Rosalia of Palermo

NameRetablo

Artist or maker Laguna School ((Workshop of the Laguna Santero))

CultureNuevomexicano

Date1790s - 1809

Place madeLaguna Pueblo, New Mexico, United States, North America

Mediumwood, paint, gesso

DimensionsOverall: 25 x 14 9/16 x 1 in. (63.5 x 37 x 2.5 cm)

Credit LineGift of Linda and Stanley Marcus

Object numberA.1998.57.4

DescriptionA polychromed wood retablo modeled in gesso relief of Santa Rosalía de Palermo. She is wearing a black robe with red chevron-like motifs. She holds a cross in her upraised right hand, and has a crown of red roses. There are red and blue drapes across the top and in the upper corners. A carved lunette of red and black design surmounts the retablo which has a separate overlaid wood frame. On the Saint's right sits a skull on a red and blue "altar". Sticker on back white with red trim "M.S. 6/26 8913 $27.50". Tag scotch-taped on says (in Allan Vedder's handwriting) "Property of Stanley Marcus". Sotheby's # 005