Among my very favorite paintings I've had in general, to say nothing of Mexican folk art retablos specifically--so lush (photos are pretty true to the just otherworldly color) and luminous and fully resolved in all of its naivete, it feels as if landed here miraculously from heaven above! That boy or man in his blue pants with sacred heart in hand is just about the most purely perfect figure I've ever seen, and his companion keeps making me think of mermaid drawings from centuries ago. Both on their knees feeling like pure incarnations of earnest devotion and gratitude as they making their offerings of that to a very marvelous Virgin of San Juan de Los Lagos. Love love love.
6" x 4 3/4" and in beautifully aged condition. Color and surface fantastic. Somewhat uneven right edge.