Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross interdisciplinary book all with equal intensity

all with equal intensity

paper: 8 1/2"x 10 1/2"

Another early 1900s Dutch school work sampler

Beaudoin in 2013

but must say I think this is a pretty great one

Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross interdisciplinary book all with equal intensityI'm not the best with Chrisitian iconography, but I believe this subject of this antique Mexican retablo is a young Jesus, with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death, and the lily in his hand his resurrection. I really like the fact that he looks both like a baby and and old man, hovering between clouds above and below, and with the wear to the paint giving a sense of rain or tears streaming down. And the black of his gown