Bidspirit auction | Mexican School 19th Century Retablo

Mexican School 19th Century Retablo of the Madonna and Child on Tin - A devotional painting (retablo) attributed to the Mexican School, 19th Century. The work is executed in a folk art style on a tin panel, depicting the crowned Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child. The figures stand against a dark green ground dotted with stars and are framed by a garland of red and yellow roses. Visible inscriptions on the Virgin's dark robes include the initials JHS (Jesus Hominum Salvator) above MB. The panel is housed in a deep, multi-tiered frame featuring an outer dark border adorned with raised gilded leaves and berries, an intermediate band of bronze-toned beading, and an innermost vertical ribbed gilt molding.