Vintage Mexican Ex Voto Tin Painting Retablo, Young Family, Cortazar Gto, ca1940

Description

Submitted for your
thoughtful consideration:  Ex-votos are a scene depicting a tragedy or
someone with a grave illness or injury, saint or martyr that intervened to
“
save the day
” and an inscription describing the tragic
event and giving thanks for the divine intervention.  Typically the
saint depicted is
Virgin
of San Juan de los Lagos.
This note is a record of
the provenance of the Retablos /ex-votos that we will be
selling.  Late last year (2019) a couple of really old antique
dealers had to downsize from their home on the San Francisco Peninsula. They
had a sale in which they sold their private collection.  These
examples of Mexican Faith and Folk Art are part of that collection. We were
fortunate to be able to buy the bulk of the retablos. They were all wrapped in
Mexican newspaper dated in the early 70?s. Some of my collector friends looked
at them, informing me that they are all vintage and not the reproductions which
abound in the market place. They were probably collected in Mexico or possibly
purchased at the Rosebowl in the 70?s.
This lovely scene with the young couple and their child, is wonderfully painted, from Cortazar, Gto and dated 1940.  There is wax on the surface, which we assume is from the candles at the church.
All items are stored in a
smoke and pet free environment and positive feedback is greatly
appreciated.