Object Record
Images
Metadata
Artist |
Attributed to the Red Bole Painter |
Title |
Our Lady, Refuge of Sinners (Nuestra Señora, Refugio de Pecadores) |
Date |
18th c. |
Medium |
oil on canvas |
Place of Origin |
Mexico |
Culture |
Mexican |
Object ID |
1978.66 |
Collection |
Spanish to Post-Colonial Art |
Object Name |
Painting |
Credit line |
Gift of Mr. Ronald Kuykendall |
Didactic Information |
This image is especially popular among poor or oppressed people as it represents solace and comfort from the suffering of the human condition. In the many reproductions of this theme, there is little variation in composition. Mary is seen holding the Christ child, who is clothed in a diaphanous gown; the transparence reveals his human, rather than divine, form. Both wear crowns and Mary's cipher, or monogram, appears on her gown. |