San Pasqual

NamePainting

Artist or maker Nicholas Herrera (Hispano, born 1964)

CultureHispano

Date2002

Place madeEl Rito, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, gesso, paint, varnish

Dimensions11 × 13 11/16 × 9/16 in. (28 × 34.8 × 1.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Nancy Looney, A.2016.83.12

Object numberA.2016.83.12

Collections

Folk Art of New Mexico

DescriptionSan Isidro is guiding a plow pulled by two oxen through a brown field. One angel dressed in geen hovers behind him and another angel in red with a gold crown is over the plown. A small brown penitente church with a smaller building hehind it sits in a yellow field behind San Isidro and the oxen. A fence runs horizontally through the center of the painting and green trees cover hillside in the background. At the top is a gray sky with a rising sun with three crosses in front of it.