Praying Couple and Santo Nino: Antique Mexican Folk Art Ex Voto Retablo on Tin magic lantern slides And it endured remarkably well

And it endured remarkably well

Nicely done in watercolor

as there are some letters a bit taller and wider and thicker than others

but lovely just as it is

Praying Couple and Santo Nino: Antique Mexican Folk Art Ex Voto Retablo on Tin magic lantern slides And it endured remarkably wellIt's been a little while since I've had a ex voto retablo painting in the shop they seem to be getting evermore precious and hard to come by so I was especially glad to find this beauty in southern Maine this week. Perfectly succinct but full of feeling, with all focus on the thankful couple kneeling beside their simple bed, praying to the Santo Nio de Atocha (Christ child) who floats on a cloud at upper left. Wonderfully painted figures I especially