Retablo, Depicting La Purisima Concepcion (The Immaculate Conception)

The Crucifixion, oil on tin Spanish Colonial retablo, including Mary and Saint John, in a carved wooden frame, The Crucifixion is a central p...

"Ship Entering the Canal" / Boating on the Thames by Dutch painter Cossaar (1874-1966), signed lower left, in tones typical of a grey day, realistically depicted with an impressionis...

Oil on canvas painting of a floral arrangement with faintains, birds, pears, cherrys and peaches. Spanish colonial 18th Century

pastorial landscape picture with cattle in the Manner of Paulus Potter, (Dutch, 1625-1654), oil on canvas, picture has been relined, some overpainting, signed front lower left POTTER...

A superb photo-realistic oil on canvas by Randy Dudley, American (b. 1950). The large painting portrays an old Brooklyn industrial waterway with an old wa...

A group of five (5) wooden panels framed, paint and parcel-gilt, with hand-painted Classical figures, female, goddesses and / or muses with attributes, early 18th century, Italy.

Painter unknown, 18th century: The immaculate conception. Unsigned. Oil on canvas laid on canvas. Ca. 67 × 52 cm. Unframed.

16th Century Spanish Colonial Oil on canvas painting of the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception. In this representation of the Virgin Mary being f...

A 17th Century Baroque painting of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception in yellow, green and red silk robes. The hand on the breast, the Hand of God and...

This is a magnificent example of an Art Deco version of Madonna’s Immaculate Conception painted in ca 1920s Era in Vienna. Masterfully done, the painting has very dramatic bright Color scheme-typical for this period. It is definitely a great fit and a conversation piece for any kind of home, either contemporary, traditional or modern. The Painting is set in a dramatic large heavy 19th century gold gilded frame...

Antique retablo showing Saint Joseph with a child Jesus. Vibrantly painted in rich turquoise and burnt orange colors. Matted in cream and velvet in a v...

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...