San Isidro Labrador

NamePainting / Retablo

Maker Adam M. Romero (born 1959)

CultureHispano

Date1993

Place madeNew Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, paint, varish, gesso

Dimensions20 1/2 × 9 7/16 × 13/16 in. (52 × 24 × 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Nancy Looney, A.2016.83.1

Object numberA.2016.83.1

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionRetablo depicts San Isidro kneeling in the foreground with a large cart full of watermelos to his right. In the background is an angel guiding a plow pulled by an ox in a large field. Above that is a church with a tree on each side. In the sky is a sun and three birds. Red drapes run across the top and part way down the sides. The border is dark brown with a wavy line. At the top and bottom are simulated lunettes. All the colors are relatvely dark.