Ex Voto
Painting
86-36-72
From: Mexico (Central America)
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 86-36-72 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Mexico (Central America) |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Date Made | 1823 |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Canvas | Pigment |
| Description | Small painting in three registers including Our Lady of Sorrows in the upper left hand corner, man on knee holding hands over his eyes with small furnace and wind blown hat at center, and narrow band of hand written text at bottom edge that reads roughly as follows: In the year 1823 on the 28th day of June, D. Caslolo Blanca had a piece of burning stone in the air burst his eye and left him without sight and he invoked Our Lady of Sorrows (Delores) and I am now good and healthy. |
| Height | 21 cm |
| Length | 28 cm |
| Depth | 2 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Muriel Wolgin, 1986 |
| Other Number | 74 - Collector Number |
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