19th/20th Century Mexican School
Four works:

A group of devotional retablo paintings with various figures in landscapes and in domestic settings, each with descriptive banners
Each: Oil on tin
Each: Appears unsigned

The first: "Senor de Chalmita Te Dedico Este Retablo De Todo Corazon Por Salvado De Un Golpe Que Recivi De Un Golpe El Dia 8 de Mayo De 1819. Mario Nore"

The second: "El Dia 3 De Mayo De 1849 Tocando Las Canpanas Del Templo De San Tamaria Del Valle de Vravo Melai Del Barandal i [X]nvocando Me SENOR No Me Paso Nada i Lede Dico Este Retablo Egratitu. Felipe Salas"

The third: "Ma [Maria] Acencion Solis ce cayo de una caza, y al suceder tal desgracia, Ma [Maria] Dolores Ruis aclamo al Nino Salvador nidien dole la favoreciera, de que no ce matara y lo conciguio nues se incuentra sana por lo que en accion de gracias precenta este. acontecio el dia 3. de Octubre de 1894."

The fourth: "_l 27 Febrero de 1820, Estando en la solea de su Casa Da Dolores Aguilar, y al pie de la escaleta __ hermano Da Maria Antoina. cayo un Rallo, el que la derribo entieria quednado casi muerta de el golpe y heridas y anbas do ____la vida por intercesian de esta Santisima Sra. a quien dedican este retablopara Eterna memoria. _"
Largest: 10.125" H x 14.125' W; Smallest: 7.125" H x 10.875" W
Provenance: The Collection of Frederick W. Davis
Private Collection, Southern California, by descent from the above

Other Notes: The small tin retablos are ex-votos ("from a vow") or devotional paintings that illustrate a story of a dangerous or tragic event that actually occurred, and which the person usually survived, thanks to the intercession of a sacred entity such as God, Mary, or a saint. The retablos are commissioned as a way of thanking the sacred entity for their protection, and depicts the protected person in the dangerous situation, as well as the sacred protector, with an inscribed explanation of the events, including the date and location. These ex-voto retablos may be deposited at a shrine as a votive offering, or kept at home.

Visual of each: Generally good condition with surface soiling and spots of grime commensurate with age and use. Each sheet of tin very slightly warped, two with a heavier crease to one corner. Each with holes to most corners and to center edges from prior mounting, with attendant scratches in those areas and occasionally in other scattered areas. The largest work of the group with an approximately dime-sized paint loss near the lower right corner.

Blacklight of each: No evidence of restoration.

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