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Latin America, Mexico, ca. 1940s CE. An ex-voto depicting a rural couple kneeling in prayer before Santa Clementina, a martyr of the catacombs and patron saint of Colletorto, Italy, who is visible through glass coffin labeled with her name. Her feast day is traditionally celebrated on October 21st. The martyrs of the catacombs are Christians who were buried at the catacombs of Rome, and later extracted and sent to various parts of the world for public veneration between the 16th and 19th centuries. Such European saints came to be recognized in the Americas in the post-conquest period. Size: 7" L x 10" W (17.8 cm x 25.4 cm)

Ex-votos are narrative paintings indicative of healing or blessing popular in Mexican visual culture. This tradition was inspired by the Greeks and was brought to the New World by the Spaniards. These votive paintings were hung in a church or placed adjacent to an image in order to celebrate and give thanks for the recovery of the donor from an illness or dangerous situation. In essence, ex-votos represent the spiritual or physical gains received by the donor. These paintings usually include hand painted passages that relate the details of the cure or the rescue. Oftentimes, however, this commentary is replete with regional dialect and difficult to translate. Nevertheless, if you are familiar with the Spanish language, you will probably get the gyst of these anecdotal paintings.

Provenance: Ex-Historia Antiques, James Caswell, Santa Monica, CA

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  • Condition: Normal surface wear. This example does not show a narrative, though there are lines beneath the visual intended for it.

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