**First Time At Auction**

Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial, ca. 1890 CE. A tender rendition of N.S. Refugio de Pecadores - Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners - painted on heavy gauge tin in vibrant hues and set in a charming wooden frame. The Virgin wears a golden crown and supports a crowned Christ Child whose nude body is covered by a transparent robe. She dons a scarf that is drawn across her right shoulder, and her dark blue cape is initialed with her ciphers. The Christ child rests his right hand on her right arm and grips her right thumb with his left hand. A garland of roses surrounds rays of divine light that emanate from the Virgin and Child. It is a touching scene, and this rendition follows Rosa's tenets beautifully. Size: 10" W x 13.75" H (25.4 cm x 34.9 cm); 12.375" W x 16" H (31.4 cm x 40.6 cm) framed

In 1719, a Jesuit missionary brought a version of a painting originally created for an altar formerly at Frascati, Italy, in the style of Guido or Salvator Rosa, to the city of Zacatecas in Mexico. The painting inspired the locals to adopt N.S., Refugio de Pecadores as their patron, and the composition of this retablo was modeled upon that painting's composition.

Provenance: private Honolulu, Hawaii, USA collection

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Normal surface wear to the retablo with scratches and expected losses to the pigmentation commensurate with age, but the painting is still quite vivid. Slight age cracks and old chips to the wooden frame.