Mexican Retablo Depicting Holy Mother and Child, Framed

A seated woman with a crowned child, tucked in a tidy silver-gilt frame

This Retablo depicting holy mother and child is from Mexico, and dates to the 19th century. It is paint & tin. Tin retablos were usually painted by self-trained artists who copied imported European images, and the results often show more personal interpretation, which is why they are regarded as folk art. A very small painting of a seated woman in a red dress and blue cloak with a standing child, both crowned, in pale tones. A cream mat and a narrow silvery gilt frame with a patterned inner edge surround it. It is 23 inches wide and 27.25 high.

Delicate and trim, and not asking for more space.