In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Painted in New Mexico, this small religious scene, or retablo, was meant for private devotion in a chapel or home. Retablos typically depict saints, angels, or the Virgin Mary. The New Mexican painters who specialized in these subjects were called santeros . To develop their iconographies, santeros looked to a variety of printed materials, including woodcuts, pamphlets, and illustrated Bibles. In this retablo, Saint Joseph holds the Christ Child in one hand and a stalk of lilies in the other. The artist appears to have rendered Joseph's carpenter tools, a clue to the saint's identity, at right.
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Santo Niño Santero — Saint Anthony (San Antonio)
Pedro Fresquis — Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Nuestra Señora de
Pedro Fresquis — Our Lady of Sorrows (Nuestra Señora de los 
Pedro Fresquis — Our Lady of Protection (Nuestra Señora del 
The Laguna Santero — Saint John of Nepomuk (San Juan Nepomuc
Santo Niño Santero — Saint Raymond Nonnatus (San Ramon Nonat
José Raphael Aragon — Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo)
José Raphael Aragon — Saint Jerome (San Geronimo)
The A. J. Santero — Our Lady of the Way (Nuestra Señora del 
José Benito Ortega — Archangel Saint Raphael (San Raphael)
José Raphael Aragon — Archangel Saint Raphael (San Raphael)
José Benito Ortega — Saint Barbara (Santa Barbara)
