Virgen de Zapopan Ex-Voto

Name/Title

Virgen de Zapopan Ex-Voto

Entry/Object ID

1999.11.1

Description

20th-c. Mexican ex-voto painting which presents the testimony of Marcelo Paredes who, while getting drunk outside of an abandoned house, got touched by a skeleton and was struck with such a severe fright that he could no longer speak coherently. Marcelo offers his thanks to the Virgin of Zapopan for curing him of his affliction.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil, Tin

Made/Created

Date made

Oct 3, 1953

Time Period

20th Century

Dimensions

Height

9-1/2 in

Width

12 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Credit Line

Label

Gift of Carmen R. Croce, '71