Bidspirit auction | 19th Century Mexican Folk Art

19th Century Mexican Folk Art Retablo on Tin, Female Devotional Figure - A single 19th century Mexican folk art retablo, executed in oil or tempera paint on a rectangular sheet of tin. The devotional panel depicts a bust-length female religious figure, possibly a saint or the Virgin Mary, wearing a crown or wreath of pink roses. The figure is shown in a devotional pose with hands crossed over the chest, securing a flaming Sacred Heart surmounted by a white dove. The figure exhibits a radiating halo against a dark ground. This retablo is characteristic of Spanish Colonial devotional paintings on metal substrates.