DepartmentHispano

Retablo of San Nicolas

NameRetablo, Religious Painting

Maker Nicholas Halford de Sosaya

CultureHispanic, Hispano

Date2010

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, paint, gesso

DimensionsOverall: 8 7/8 x 5 7/16 x 11/16 in. (22.5 x 13.8 x 1.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dan Prall

Object numberFA.2010.57.2

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionNativity scene with San Nicholas standing and praying over the Christ child, who lies in a straw filled crib in a wooden barn-like structure. Saint wears a red hat and red cape with a white robe beneath. Four sheep and a chicken fill the foreground, and a star shines through a window in the upper right corner.