Bidspirit auction | 19th Century Mexican Retablo Mater

19th Century Mexican Retablo Mater Dolorosa on Tin - A 19th Century Mexican devotional folk art retablo painting executed in oil on a shaped tin support. Based on web intelligence consensus, the subject is identified as the Mater Dolorosa (Our Lady of Sorrows). The painting depicts the bust of the Virgin Mary shown with hands clasped in prayer, wearing a dark blue mantle detailed with yellow edging over a red and white garment. The figure is set against a light blue background punctuated by yellow stars and encircled by a prominent radiant yellow halo. The thin tin support is roughly shaped with rounded corners. A single, crudely punched hanging hole is present at the top center edge, consistent with its function as a retablo. The reverse side exhibits faint, illegible scratched (incised) cursive inscriptions near the top edge.