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Item Ships From: San Francisco
Pair of 20th Century Framed Crackled Prints of Entrances to Schloss Belvedere
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of beautifully framed 20th century crackled paper prints depicting entrances to the Schloss Belvedere Palace in Vienna. One print is of the Main ...
Category
20th Century Baroque San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Farmer's Market", Signed Oil on Canvas Painting by Jean Decker Slater
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lovely oil painting on canvas, "Farmer's Market", by Jean Decker Slater of California, 1914-1993. Unframed.
Category
Mid-20th Century American San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Victor Vasarely, “Torony III”, Op Art Serigraph, Signed and Numbered, 1970s
By Victor Vasarely
Located in San Francisco, CA
A 1970s framed Victor Vasarely limited edition Op art serigraph titled “Torony III”, signed and numbered 35/250.
Three-dimensional ovoid shape comprised of warped fluorescent red, green, and blue stepped blocks of varied brightness that call to mind the Classic early-‘80s arcade & home video game...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Aluminum
Olivier Charles, “Prince Aldobrandini”, Cubist Oil Painting on Canvas, 1956
By Olivier Charles
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fantastic 1956 cubist figural oil painting on canvas titled “Prince Aldobrandini” by well-listed Swiss artist Olivier Henrie Charles (b.1931–2013)....
Category
1950s Swiss Mid-Century Modern Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Paint
Large California Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Painting, 1960s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Framed oil on canvas abstract painting, unsigned. Purchased from an estate in San Francisco / Bay Area.
This is a very good quality painting (not a weekend type painter).
Califor...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Bernhard Rohne for Metallic Design Studio Brutalist Etched Copper Wall Art, 1979
By Bernhard Rohne
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large and impactful Brutalist etched copper work of wall art by Bernhard Rohne for Metallic Design Studio, signed, numbered, and dated.
German-born, Vancouver-based artist and d...
Category
1970s Canadian Brutalist Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Pair of Well-Carved French Boiserie Swag Appliques
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each hand-carved swag with plump fruit and vegetables nestled among flower heads and foliage.
Category
Early 1900s French Rococo Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Silvio Silvestri, “Spring Thaw, Lake Tahoe”, En Plein Air Oil Painting, 2004
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large, luminous, and captivating 2004 en plein air impressionist oil painting on masonite board in giltwood frame titled “Spring Thaw – Lake Tahoe” by award-winning Northern California landscape artist Silvio Silvestri.
Strikingly beautiful and vibrant depiction of a tree-lined, turquoise-toned, snow melt stream in Lake Tahoe, California. Dotted by pops of colorful wildflowers, with a majestic lavender-hued mountain range and bright blue cloud-dappled sky in the distance. Excellent technique and eye for detail and atmosphere on display throughout.
Signed at lower right, and titled and signed on verso. In original giltwood frame with hand-carved details. Dimensions listed are overall; sight is H 23.38 inches x W 29.38 inches.
Silvio Silvestri (b. 1948) is a celebrated Northern California-based plein air artist who paints on location throughout the western United States and Europe, and whose work is influenced by French, American, Spanish, and Russian Impressionists. He studied with Kenn Backhaus, Ron Rencher, George Strickland, T.M. Nicholas, and Robert Sandidge.
Silvestri began painting in the mid-1970s as a hobby, and embarked upon a professional art career in the early 1990s. His awards include 2nd place, Napa Museum Plein Air Exhibition, 2003; 1st place, Catalina Art Festival...
Category
Early 2000s American Expressionist San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Giltwood, Paint, Masonite
George Beline Oil on Canvas Portrait, c.1930
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original oil portrait on canvas by George Beline. The artwork is unframed. Subject unknown.
CREATOR George Beline (New York, Belarussian, 1887 - 1971).
DATE OF MANUFACTURE circa 1930.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil on Canvas.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age. Some craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
DIMENSIONS 28 in. x 24 in. x 1.25 in.
HISTORY
Born in Minsk, Belarus, George Beline settled in New York City. He studied in Paris at the Academie Julian with Jean Paul...
Category
Early 20th Century Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Moshe Castel, “Kings of Jerusalem”, Gold Embossed Serigraph, Signed, circa 1980
Located in San Francisco, CA
A circa 1980 limited edition signed and numbered gold foil embossed serigraph titled “Kings of Jerusalem” by renowned Israeli artist Moshe Castel (b. 1909–1991), professionally frame...
Category
1980s Israeli Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Foil, Brass
Contemporary Charcoal Portrait Drawing of a Man, Framed, 2016
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charcoal portrait drawing of a man, framed, dated 2016. Thought to be of either Mexican or Uruguayan origin.
Category
2010s Mexican San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
"Still Life"
Located in Hillsborough, CA
American School
Circa 1940's
"Still Life"
Oil on board
11 ¾ by 24 in w/frame 12 ½ by 24 ¾ in.
Category
1940s American Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Collection of 16 Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, circa 1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 16 individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture circa 1940.
Materials and tec...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Early 20th Century Mexican Foosball Table with Metal Players, circa 1940
By Gaber
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An early 20th c. wooden foosball table top with distressed, painted metal Mexican soccer players, rubber handles and metal "Gebar" branded ashtrays on each end. Original paint...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Mid-Century Modernist Abstract Painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell 1959
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-century impressionist abstract painting signed Bunnell '59.
Framed acrylic on canvas.
Painting is in excellent condition. Some light foxing on the linen mat.
Charles Raglan...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Collection of 16 Green and Silver Typeset Print Blocks, circa 1940 (FREE SHIP)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 16 green and silver individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture circa 1940.
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Collection of 19 Brown Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, circa 1940 (FREE SHIP)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 19 individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture circa 1940.
Materials and tec...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Collection of 14 Green and Blue Typeset Print Blocks, circa 1940 (FREE SHIP)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 14 green and blue individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator Unknown.
Date of manufacture circa 1940.
...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Collection of 17 Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 17 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1940.
Materials and t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Collection of 25 Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 25 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1940.
Materials and t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Early 19th Century Portrait of a Beautiful Young Spanish Senorita
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautifully painted portrait of a young Spanish woman. Signed lower right, but signature indistinct.
Oil on canvas (canvas was re-lined some time ago...
Category
Early 19th Century European Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Four Hand Painted Limoges Plates Depicting Pheasants Made By Raphael Weill & Co.
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
Four Hand Painted Limoges plates Depicting Pheasants Made By Raphael Weill & Co.
Category
20th Century San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
19th Century English Dog Portrait Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
An English late 19th century portrait painting of a dog.
Expressive detailed face, beautifully painted.
Oil paint on a heavy wood panel. Shows some old craquelure to the varnish.
...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Collection of 17 Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 17 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1940.
Materials and t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Collection of 15 Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 15 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1940.
Materials and t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
19th Century Beaux Arts Period Mural Style Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
A late 19th century Baroque revival style Beaux Arts period oil on canvas laid down on board. Most likely this was part of a larger mural at one time.
Elaborate still life, beautifu...
Category
Late 19th Century European Beaux Arts Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Erté “Twin Sisters” Extra-Large Framed Serigraph, Hand-Signed & Numbered, 1981
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
An epically scaled and immaculately executed 1981 framed serigraph of “Twin Sisters” by Erté, hand-signed and numbered by the artist.
A strikingly beau...
Category
1980s American Art Deco Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Enamel
Italian Coastal Scenic Oil Painting, 18th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
18th Century painting of an Italian coastal scene, unsigned.
Professionally cleaned and relined in the second half of the 20th century.
New gold leaf...
Category
Late 18th Century Italian Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
19th-Early 20th c. Framed Surgical Instruments Lithographs (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
A pair of original lithographs of surgical instruments for lithotomy. The artwork has been framed with grey matte.
CREATOR Engraved ...
Category
19th Century American Victorian Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Collection of 14 Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940 (FREE SHIPPING)
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 14 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1940.
Materials and t...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Hand Colored Wood Engraving of Princeton University in Period Maple Frame
Located in San Francisco, CA
An mid-19th century colored wood engraving titled "View of the New Jersey College at Princeton New Jersey" depicting Nassau Hall in what is now Princeton University. This lovely hand colored rendition shows several walking women and a man aboard a horse, the background dominated by historic Nassau Hall, the largest academic building in the United States at the time, completed in 1756. It was here in 1783 that George Washington received formal thanks from the U.S. Congress for his efforts during the Revolutionary War...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Maple, Paper
Mid Century Floral Still Life of Gladiolus Signed J. A. McVey
Located in San Francisco, CA
Beautifully painted still life of gladiolus signed J A McVey.
Oil on canvas in original period frame.
American mid 20th century.
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Mid-19th Century Hand Painted Asian Wallpaper Panels
Located in San Francisco, CA
A set of three mounted hand painted wallpaper panels in simple wood frames.
Beautifully and elaborate painted scenes with birds, flowers,...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
19th C. Mexican Retablo, C.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo. Oil paint on tin. Subject unknown.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in.
HISTORY
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Tin
Lloyd Lozes Goff Industrial Landscape Painting, American 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lloyd Lozes Goff painting of a rural industrial landscape in gilt wood frame.
Signed oil on board.
Lloyd Lozes Goff (1908–1982) was an American pai...
Category
Mid-20th Century American San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Four Vintage Educational Ford Motor Company Posters; Research & Information Dept
Located in San Francisco, CA
hard to find collection of four 1950's educational posters from the Research and Information Department at the Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; each ...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Mid Century Floral Still Life of Sunflowers signed Prince Betzky 1946
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptionally well painted still life of sunflowers, signed Prince Brezky and date 1946.
Oil on canvas in original frame with gilt detail and orange velvet liner.
A beautiful pain...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Italian Water Color Painting Street Scene Musician Signed Vittorio Baldancoli
Located in San Francisco, CA
Painting of an Italian street scene with a musician.
Framed oil on paper behind glass.
Signed V Baldancoli lower right.
Vittorio Baldancoli (19th century) was active/lived in Ital...
Category
19th Century Italian Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Collection of Typeset Advertising Print Blocks c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 26 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator Unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1940.
Materials an...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Victor Cerrato Ceramic, Iron and Brass Oxidized Gunmetal Coat Hooks
By Victor Cerrato
Located in San Francisco, CA
Set of 4 rare and unusual ceramic, iron, brass and oxidized gunmetal coat hooks made by Italian sculptor, Victor Cerrato-Torino. Beautiful, organic composition of these functional wo...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Brass, Iron
George Vaughan Curtis “Female Nude in Hammock” Neoclassical Oil Painting, 1883
By George Vaughan Curtis
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exquisitely detailed and evocative 1883 neoclassical oil painting on canvas by English-American artist George Vaughan Curtis depicting a s...
Category
1880s French Neoclassical Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Linen, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Painting of a Turkish Islamic Minaret, Early 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
A beautifully painted landscape scene with a Turkish Minaret .
Oil on canvas in wood frame, unsigned.
This painting has been re-lined and appears to have been reduced in size (pos...
Category
Early 20th Century Turkish San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Early 20th C. Wooden Foundry Mold C.1900
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An antique wooden factory foundry mold with original paint and metal ID plate.
More foundry molds available in S16 Home's listings.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFA...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Movie Theater Street Scene Painting by Helen L. Roberts, 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Street scene painting of figures outside of a theater, signed Helen L. Roberts.
Framed oil on canvas.
Helen L. Roberts (b.1884 - d.1994) was active/lived ...
Category
20th Century American San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
19th Century Pair of Framed Italian Hand Colored Engravings
Located in San Francisco, CA
19th century pair of framed Italian hand colored engravings
One engraving depicts a scene from Florence, Italy
The other depicts a sc...
Category
Late 19th Century Italian Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Eagle Shield Crests in Bronze
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare set of 4 Bronze Eagles with a shield that includes a symbol of a crescent and fleur-de-lis, as well as the claw feet.
Category
1930s Unknown Vintage San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Bronze
Sheep Headboard by Studio AHEAD
By Studio Ahead
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sheep Headboard designed by Studio AHEAD. This puffy and soft sculptural object could be used as a headboard or independent piece of art.
It is upholstered in custom cream merino wool felt from Northern California sheep. The shape of the headboard is inspired by the smooth lines of stones found on Muir Beach...
Category
2010s American Modern San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wool, Felt
Shepard Fairey "Vote!" 330/350
By Shepard Fairey
Located in San Francisco, CA
Shepard Fairey "VOTE!"
Numbered 330 out of 350 printed signed/numbered in pencil bottom corners. Dated 2008.
Screen-print in colors, on wove paper, published by Obey Giant, Los A...
Category
Early 2000s American Modern San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
Collection of Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 17 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
Creator: Unknown.
Date of manufacture: c.1940.
Materials ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
Hand-Painted Japanese Inspired Screen by Artist Robert Crowder
By Robert Crowder
Located in San Francisco, CA
A tall, beautifully hand-painted on wood panel folding screen of Japanese style by artist Robert Crowder (b. 1911 - d.2010). Signed on the back side.
After working as a missionary in Korea, Crowder went to Japan to study Nihonga ("Japanese-style paintings" are paintings that have been made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and materials. While based on traditions over a thousand years old, the term was coined in the Meiji period of the Imperial Japan, to distinguish such works from Western-style paintings) Robert H...
Category
Late 20th Century American San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Painting by Alfred Jonniaux “The Flower Seller”
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large painting titled 'The Flower Seller' by Alfred Jonniaux (b.1882 - d.1974).
Framed oil on canvas. Signed, and with documented exhibit brochure ...
Category
Mid-20th Century European San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Large Landscape Painting by California San Francisco Artist Peter Ilyin
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large nocturnal winter landscape painting by California artist Peter ILYIN.
Framed oil on canvas titled 'First Snow'. This painting hung in the Bohemian Club in San Francisco, and r...
Category
Early 20th Century Mexican San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Antique Japanese Wood Block Printed Table Top Folding Screen
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Japanese small table top four panel folding screen.
Wood block print on paper.
First quarter 20th century.
Perfect to use as wall art.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
19th C. Mexican Retablo Saint Francis c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo of Saint Francis. Oil paint on tin.
St. Francis of Assisi, Italian San Francesco d’Assisi was born 1181-1182 in Assisi, duchy of Spoleto, Italy and died October 3, 1226. He was canonized July 16, 1228. He founded the Franciscan orders of the Friars Minor and the lay Third Order. He was also a leader of the movement of evangelical poverty in the early 13th century. His evangelical zeal, consecration to poverty, charity, and personal charisma drew thousands of followers. Francis’s devotion to the human Jesus and his desire to follow Jesus’ example reflected and reinforced important developments in medieval spirituality.
Cretor Unknown.
Date of manufacture c.1880.
Materials and techniques Oil Paint on Tin.
Condition Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
Dimensions H 14 in. W 10 in.
History
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Tin
19th c. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil" c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
ABOUT
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo "Veronica's Veil" or "El Divono Rostro" in Spain . Oil paint on tin.
The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face, is a Roman Catholic Relic which, according to legend, bears the likeness of the Face of Jesus that was imprinted on it prior to Jesus' crucifixion. According to Roman Catholicism, Saint Veronica encountered Jesus in Jeruselum on the way to Calvary. When she paused to wipe the sweat (Latin, suda) off his face with her veil, his image was left on the veil.
In the small village of Osa de la Vega in Spain, there lived a couple who led a very pious life. They were Gregorio de la Torre and Isabel Corral. From their father, Juan Montilla, they inherited a picture of the Face of Jesus or the Divino Rostro. A story that is told one day, to the amazement of many who confirmed its veracity, the picture began to perspire with living blood. News of this extraordinary event spread swiftly and widely throughout the land.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in.
HISTORY
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
Category
19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Tin
Collection of Typeset Advertising Print Blocks, C.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
A collection of 25 small individual metal and wood typeset print blocks used in advertising. Sold as a set.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1940.
MATERIALS AN...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Metal
French Hand Carved Putti Wall Shelves
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 19th century adorable French hand carved putti wall shelves.
Category
19th Century Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
19th C. Mexican Retablo "Veronica's Veil", c.1880
Located in San Francisco, CA
About
An original 19th century Mexican folk retablo "Veronica's Veil" or "El Divono Rostro" in Spain . Oil paint on tin.
The Veil of Veronica, known in Italian as the Volto Santo or Holy Face, is a Roman Catholic Relic which, according to legend, bears the likeness of the Face of Jesus that was imprinted on it prior to Jesus' crucifixion. According to Roman Catholicism, Saint Veronica encountered Jesus in Jeruselum on the way to Calvary. When she paused to wipe the sweat (Latin, suda) off his face with her veil, his image was left on the veil.
In the small village of Osa de la Vega in Spain, there lived a couple who led a very pious life. They were Gregorio de la Torre and Isabel Corral. From their father, Juan Montilla, they inherited a picture of the Face of Jesus or the Divino Rostro. A story that is told one day, to the amazement of many who confirmed its veracity, the picture began to perspire with living blood. News of this extraordinary event spread swiftly and widely throughout the land.
CREATOR Unknown.
DATE OF MANUFACTURE c.1880.
MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES Oil Paint on Tin.
CONDITION Good. Wear consistent with age and use.
DIMENSIONS H 14 in. W 10 in.
HISTORY
Retablos, better known as 'laminas' in Mexico, are small oil paintings on tin, wood and sometimes copper which were used in home altars to venerate the almost infinite number of Catholic saints. The literal translation for 'retablo' is 'behind the altar.' This unique genre of art, deeply rooted in European history, was brought to Mexico with the arrival of the Spanish and then ultimately adopted by New World mestizo natives to become what is known today as the Mexican folk retablo.
The retablo was an art form that flourished in post conquest Mexico and then ultimately, with the introduction of inexpensive mediums such as tin, reached its pinnacle of popularity in the last quarter of the 19th century. With some exceptions, mostly untrained artists from the provinces worked to produce and reproduce these sacred images; some subjects painted more prolifically than others. A typical "retablero" may have reproduced the same image hundreds, if not thousands of times in his or her career.
These oil paintings were sold to devout believers who displayed them in home altars to honor their patron saints. There are virtually hundreds of saints, each invoked to remedy a different situation. "San Ysidro Labrador," the patron saint of farmers, is venerated for good weather...
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19th Century Mexican Folk Art Antique San Francisco - Wall Decorations
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Tin
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