Bidspirit auction | 19th Century Mexican Folk Art

19th Century Mexican Folk Art Retablo Depicting Saint Francis on Tin - A 19th Century Mexican Folk Art retablo, executed in oil on a tin support. The devotional painting depicts a male saint, identified by market consensus as Saint Francis or a similar Franciscan hermit, shown in a three-quarter length portrait. The figure wears a brown monastic habit, features a long white beard, and gazes upward toward a simple gold halo. He holds a staff or crook and clasps a black rosary between his hands. The painting is presented in a contemporary gilt wooden frame with decorative moldings and an interior perimeter lined with red velvet material.