Retablos & Nichos
In the Catholic Americas, the word retablo refers to a variety of devotional items. An altar retablo is the large screen behind an altar that typically contains a principal image such as a crucified Christ together with a number of saints’ images. In Mexico, a tin retablo, also called a retablo santo, is the painted image of a saint on a sheet of tin-coated metal, or earlier, copper or silver. In South America, a retablo can be a small portable altar, typically a box or niche, containing religious or secular scenes with many three-dimensional figures.
#3 Santa Rita Retablo
19th C., Oils on metal w/ carved wooden frame.
#1 Virgen y Niño
19th C. Oil on canvas in wood frame.
#11 San Rafael
19th C. Oil on canvas in wood frame.
#21 San Rafael
Late 18th C. Oil on wood.
#24r Saint in Wooden Nicho
19th C. Gesso on wood
#25r San Antonio y Niño
Vintage wooden santo in carved wood frame.
#32n Inmaculada Concepcion, Highland
19th C., polychrome, figures in plaster.
#33n San Antonio, Divino Pastor
19th C., polychrome, figures in plaster.
#35n Virgen Con Niño y Otros Santos
19th C., polychrome wood.
#36n Virgen de Copacabana Nicho
19th C., polychrome wood.
#37r&n San Antonio Nicho
20th C., polychrome wood.
#39n San Antonio Nicho
20th C., polychrome wood.
#3p Santo Domingo
19th C., polychrome wood.
#8 19th C. Mexican Painting On Canvas
19th C., oil painting on canvas.
Guadalupe Retablo
Classic Mexican tin retablo painting of the Virgin of Guadalupe, late 19th-early 20th century. Good condition, unframed.