In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a title given to the Virgin Mary as the patron of the Carmelite order. In this role, she is usually depicted in a brown habit, holding the Christ Child. Here the Virgin and Christ each hold a scapular, a garment worn by the Carmelite order, around their shoulders. 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.
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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 Protection (Nuestra Señora del 
Pedro Fresquis — Our Lady of Sorrows (Nuestra Señora de los 
Pedro Fresquis — Nuestra Señora de los Lagos
José Benito Ortega — Saint Barbara (Santa Barbara)
The A. J. Santero — Our Lady of Guadalupe (Nuestra Señora de
The A. J. Santero — Our Lady of the Way (Nuestra Señora del 
Santo Niño Santero ; 18th-century Novice Santero — Our Lady 
Virgin and Child
José Raphael Aragon — Saint Lawrence (San Lorenzo)
José Raphael Aragon — Archangel Saint Raphael (San Raphael)
