DepartmentHispano
Nuestra Senora del Rosario (?)
NameSculpture
Maker
Jose Benito Ortega
(American, 1858 - 1941)
Place collectedNew Mexico, United States, North America
MediumWood, paint
DimensionsOverall: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, bequest of Cady Wells, A9.1954.4 B
Object numberA9.1954.4 B
DescriptionThis figure wears a red dress with deep yellow flounce trimmed with red and green, and pointed black shoes with heels, seperately attached. The hands might as well have held the infant and a rosary, or a scapulary. The face is long heavy jawed, sharp nosed and lively style of Ortega's best.
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
Jose Benito Ortega
Pedro Antonio Fresquis
19th century
