DepartmentLatin America

Ex-voto to Santa Rita de Cascia

NameEx-voto

Artist Artist unrecorded

Place madeMexico, North America

MediumTin, paint

DimensionsOverall: 8 9/16 x 10 7/16 in. (21.7 x 26.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.13

Object numberFA.2010.97.13

DescriptionRoughly cut horizontal tin sheet, pierced at all corners and mostly painted in shades of red and pink. Image depicts a room with a woman in bed along one wall and another woman kneeling beside her. Over the bed is a crucifix hanging on the wall. In the upper left (proper right) corner of the painting is an apparition of a nun holding a cross in one hand and something red in the other. Below, the inscription reads: " El dia 17 de Abril de 1854 se enfermo gravemente mi hija mi Rosalia Marquez de una fuerte irritacion de la piel por estar enferma de la sangre. Invoque a Santa de Cascia mi hija y pronto se esta reestlablaciendo. Tomasa M."