San Pasqual

NamePainting / Retablo

Maker Estrellita Carrillo (born 1980)

CultureHispano

Date1994

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

MediumWood, gesso, paint, pine sap

Dimensions12 11/16 × 10 15/16 × 1/2 in. (32.3 × 27.8 × 1.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Nancy Looney, A.2016.83.10

Object numberA.2016.83.10

DescriptionSan Pascual, dressed in green tunic and short cape, kneels in front of a kiva fireplace that has a micaseous pitcher sitting on a trivet. Hanging on the wall behind him are two wooden spoons, a small cross with a diamond and conical attachments, and a red chile ristra. Above him is a window with wooden bars and vigas on the ceiling. The wall is a pale gold. The border is grey with a series of three white dots connected by wavy black lines. The edge is not painted. Veritical defects in the grain of wood gives the appearnace of hairline crackes around San Pascual and in the top half of the upper left hand corner.