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. This unusually shaped retablo depicts Saint Jerome. Kneeling, the saint holds a crucifix and strikes his chest with a stone, while a trumpet speaks the word of God.
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The Laguna Santero — Saint John of Nepomuk (San Juan Nepomuc
José Aragon — Saint Raymond Nonnatus (San Ramon Nonato)
José Aragon — San Ramon Nonato
José Aragon — Saint Joseph the Patriarch (San José Patriarca
José Aragon — Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Nuestra Señora del C
José Raphael Aragon — Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo)
Santo Niño Santero — Saint Anthony (San Antonio)
Giovanni dal Ponte — Gethsemane
Santo Niño Santero — Saint Raymond Nonnatus (San Ramon Nonat
Pedro Fresquis — Our Lady of Protection (Nuestra Señora del 
Portuguese 15th Century — St. Lawrence
José Benito Ortega — Saint Barbara (Santa Barbara)
