Retablos
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: Cristo de la Columna, Christ at the Column
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 7.5 by 12 inches
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION:Excellent
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This retablo is one of the scenes in the Station of the Cross. It shows Christ in chains at a column where he will be or has been whipped prior to his curcifixion. A beautiful face- -a beautiful retablo.
R608 $1,125
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DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: La Purisima Sangre, The Holy Blood of Christ
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10 by 14 inches
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION: Very Good
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: A nice retablo showing the flow of Christ's blood into a chalice, then flowing as seven streams of blood into the mouths of sevens lambs.
R592 $1,025
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: San Leonardo Confesor, Saint Leonard of Noblac
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10 by 14 inches
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION: Good,
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This retablo show Saint Leonard of Noblac with a man holding chains while the man's wife is praying to Saint Leonard. Not an easy retablo subject matter to find.
R595 $1,475
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: San Juan Nepomucemo, Saint John of Nepomuk
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10 by 14 inches
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION: Very Good.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: An extremely rare depiction of San Juan. This retabol has wonderful vingettes showing the cause of his death. San Juan was the Vicar-General the Archdiocese of Prague. After hearing the confession of the Queen, the Bohemian King Wenceslaus IV demanded that San Juan relate what the queen had said in her confession. After refusing to do so, The king had San Juan tortured, then he was thrown off a bridge into the Moldau River where he drowned on 20 March 1393. It is reported that on the night of his death, seven stars hovered over the placed where he drowned.
R604 $1,475
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: Santiago, Saint James the Greater
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10 by 14 inches
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION: Very Good, possibly some restoration.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: A excellent presentation of Santiago showing a Moor killed in battle under the hoofs of Santiago's horse. Also shown are the Moor's helmut, battle flags and a drum scattered about.
R609 $1,125
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: San Antonio de Padua, Saint Anthony from Padua
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 9.25 by 13.375 inches
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION: Excellent
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Nice faces on San Antonio and the Christ Child.
The overall demeanor of the painting is quite soft.
R611 $975
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: Sagrada Corazon de Maria, Sacred Heart of Mary
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 5 by 7 inches
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION: Excellent.
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: This is a very hard to find subject in retablo paintings . The soft face of Mary is exceptionally beautiful.
R618 SOLD
DEVOTIONAL SUBJECT: San Francisco de Paula, Saint Francis of Paola
ORIGIN: Mexico
MATERIAL: Oil on Tin
APPROXIMATE SIZE: 10x14 inches,
AGE: c. 1850 to 1900
CONDITION: Very good, no rust, no flaking
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: A vey unusual presentation of Saint Francis showing him with very blond hair and a rosary. The size of his body compared to his head indicates a very robust man.
R621 $675
