DepartmentHispano

Reredos with Archangels

NameRetablo; Religious Painting

Maker Sydney Halford Sosaya

CultureHispanic American

Date2011

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

MediumWood, paint

DimensionsOverall: 28 3/8 x 15 9/16 x 9/16 in. (72 x 39.5 x 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Dan Prall, FA.2011.49.2

Object numberFA.2011.49.2

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionNine panel altarscreen (reredo) with a popular male or female saint in each golden yellow panel. "God the Father" depicted in lunette at top. Between saints are gray borders, the vertical edges are painted with red and gray diagonals resembling a striped pole, the top has diamond and bottom has a wave motif.