Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross interdisciplinary book all with equal intensity

all with equal intensity

Another early 1900s Dutch school work sampler

made to hold decorative patches for the face

paper: 8 1/2"x 10 1/2"

Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross interdisciplinary book all with equal intensityI'm not the best with Chrisitian iconography, but I believe this subject of this antique Mexican retablo is a young Jesus, with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death, and the lily in his hand his resurrection. I really like the fact that he looks both like a baby and and old man, hovering between clouds above and below, and with the wear to the paint giving a sense of rain or tears streaming down. And the black of his gown