DepartmentLatin America
Ex-voto to San Francisco de Asis
NameEx-voto
Artist
Artist unrecorded
Place madeMexico, North America
MediumTin, paint
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in. (23.2 x 35 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Eric Zafran, FA.2010.97.14
Object numberFA.2010.97.14
DescriptionRoughly cut tin sheet, pierced at center top and bottom and at proper right edge over Saint's head and painted with an image of a man kneeling before a "hillside" on which St. Francis (a bearded monk in brown habit) stands next to a book and skull. Another tree stands near right edge (proper left). At top left (proper right) of image is written: "___ de Noviembre de 1924 encontrandose D. Filiberto Acevedo atacado de fiebre intermtente (?), invoc___ lauclio Divono __ _____ devocion de ___ Franciso de Asis y ____ milagro dedi___ presente Amacusac febre ____ de 1925."
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
Artist unrecorded
late 19th-early 20th Century
late 20th Century