El Nino de Atocha, 19th Century Tin Nicho Retablo (as Found) cottage 7 3/8" x 5 3/8"

7 3/8" x 5 3/8" with some paint loss as evident--I personally think all to the good

stand for Purity

and iconic

I'd guess they date from sometime between the 1910s-1930s

oil on stretched canvas and in very good condition

El Nino de Atocha, 19th Century Tin Nicho Retablo (as Found) cottage 7 3/8" x 5 3/8"A lovely 19th century painting of El Nio de Atocha, aka a young Christ, with basket, staff, cape, green curtains behind, and flowering urns to either side of his throne. Painted on tin, with tin walls framing him, this would have been the center of a nicho, probably with decorated panels extending out to either side. I can never resist that baby sky blue used for the ground of the painting here, and love the detail here, everywhere, plus those huge