DepartmentHispano
La Santisima Trinidad
NameRetablo
Artist
Molleno
(New Mexican, 1815 - 1845)
Place collectedNew Mexico, United States, North America
MediumTempera, gesso, pine panel
Dimensions42.5 to 43 x 31.5 to 32 cm, 2 cm thick
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Historical Society of New Mexico, A5.1952.103
Object numberA5.1952.103
DescriptionFIgure of God in papal tiara with red rays from head, beard, red cloak, holds small bearded figure of Christ in both hands who in turn holds the dove or Holy Ghost. Red, rigid swags and square red forms at right and left. This is in the assured stylized, and well-developed late style of Molleno and the only example of his rendering of this subject in this symbolic manner except the panel in the Evans collection in DAM. A5.1952.103 is more colorful and freer.
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