Delicate Small 1914 Ex Voto Retablo on Tin folk art cross and then rounded on the

and then rounded on the bottom to sit nicely on whatever surface one might choose to display it

feathering out

and hanging close

And we'll take a right good-will draught

but most all of it can be read

Delicate Small 1914 Ex Voto Retablo on Tin folk art cross and then rounded on theI really love this delicacy of this small ex voto retablo, which I find quite elegant in its simplicity, and quite tender in its humility. By my translation, it seems the subject is one Epitacio Allala, whose right hand was wounded with a bullet on May 9, 1913, and thanks is being given to Our Lady of San Juan de los Logos for his miraculous healing. I know it is hard to feel scale in photos, but the painting is just 4 1 2" x 4", so our floating