San Ysidro

NameRetablo; Religious Painting

Maker Sydney Halford Sosaya

CultureHispanic American

Date2011

Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America

MediumWood, paint

DimensionsOverall: 10 1/16 x 7 1/16 x 13/16 in. (25.5 x 18 x 2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, gift of Dan Prall, FA.2011.49.1

Object numberFA.2011.49.1

DescriptionRetablo of a bearded San Ysidro (Isidro) the farmer in a landscape surrounded by animals. He is dressed in a long brown shirt and blue pants, wears a large, floppy hat and holds a shovel in his proper right hand and a rabbit under his proper left arm. In front and to the his sides are a burro, cow, sheep, rooster, dog, cat and goat. Food plants include a pumpkin, watermelon, corn, sunflower and four tomatoes. Standing in the middle of the animals and just before San Ysidro is a small angel. Titled on back: San Ysidro Patron St. of Farmers. Signed on back: Sydney Halford de Sosaya 11 years 2011