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Latin America, Mexico, Spanish Colonial, ca. 1800 to 1900 CE. A finely painted oil on tin retablo of Sacred Heart of Jesus or Sagrada Corazon de Jesus, depicting Christ holding a flaming Sacred Heart in his left hand while gesturing toward it with his right. Wearing a white tunic and a blue mantle, the savior gazes forward from large, almond-shaped eyes, his sensitively-rendered face held in three-quarters position as a halo radiates from his head. The Sacred Heart symbolizes compassion and unmitigated love, thus conveying to the devout that one may find and express divine love in one’s own heart. The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacratissimum Cor Iesu in Latin) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ’s physical heart as the Representation of His Divine Love for Humanity. Size: 10″ W x 14.1″ H (25.4 cm x 35.8 cm)
Condition: Folding to lower corners and some small chips to edges. Nicks, abrasions and losses to pigment as well as some fading. Otherwise, intact with rich patina.
Provenance: private Oglesby, Illinois, USA collection, acquired in the 1990s from various Western US auction galleries
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