Object Details
- Description
- Painted by an anonymous artist in New Mexico, this Catholic devotional image depicts the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- According to tradition, the Virgin of Guadalupe first appeared to Juan Diego, a Christian Indian, on a hilltop near Mexico City in 1531. His vision of a dark-haired, brown-skinned Virgin Mary was popularized by Spanish missionaries seeking to convert Indians to Christianity. Over time, Our Lady of Guadalupe became a cherished symbol of Mexican and Latin American identity.
- ca 1698
- ID Number
- CL.200826
- accession number
- 34005
- catalog number
- 200826
- Object Name
- retablo
- Object Type
- Paintings
- Physical Description
- wood, pine (overall material)
- gesso (overall material)
- tempera (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 42.5 cm x 29.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 16 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 9/16 in
- place made
- United States: New Mexico
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Religion
- Cultures & Communities
- Family & Social Life
- National Treasures exhibit
- Religion
- Art
- Many Voices, One Nation
- National Museum of American History
- depicted
- Virgin of Guadalupe
- Angels
- related event
- Guadalupan Apparition
- Record ID
- nmah_906002
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-2d04-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
