La Reina del Cielo

NamePainting

Artist or maker Skyler Valdez

Date2017

Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood-pine, homemade gesso (animal hide glue, plaster of paris, marble dust), natural pigment watercolors, pinon varnish, deer leather for hanging.

Dimensions23 5/8 × 12 3/16 × 9/16 in. (60 × 31 × 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, museum purchase-Linton Endowment, A.2018.13.1

Terms

value (economic concept)

Object numberA.2018.13.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionWood retablo painting with red scalloped arch at the top, central image depicts feminine figure holding child surrounded with cherubs and angels on all sides