Donde Nace La Luz

NamePainting

Maker Luis Villalón Rades (Cuban, born 1950)

Date2011

Place madeMella, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Caribbean

MediumOil paint on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 41 7/16 × 31 1/8 × 1 5/16 in. (105.3 × 79 × 3.3 cm)
Painting only: 39 3/8 × 28 15/16 × 1 5/16 in. (100 × 73.5 × 3.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, Gift of Stuart Ashman and Peggy Gaustad in memory of Barbara Windom, A.2020.42.1

Object numberA.2020.42.1

ProvenancePurchased from artist by Barbara Windom, given to Peggy Gaustad upon Windom’s death

DescriptionMadonna and child appear in blue sky with clouds. Below her are two houses and a number of people turned toward her with raised arms. In foreground is a field of yellow flowers and a body of water. In the water are a horse and a man with raised arms.