Painting
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Mexican retablo and ex-voto paintings
Collection
Identifier: MS 00362
Content Description
5 Retablo or ex-voto paintings depicting themes that include Covid-19, immigration, migration, illness and traditional dance. Retablo is the Spanish term for relatable or reredos above an spiritual, often Catholic, altar. Retablo paintings are a form of folk art that depict iconography including saints and other religious figures derived from the Catholic church. Ex-voto paintings are votive paintings offered to a saint or divinity. Ex-voto paintings typically depict oppressive incidents in...
Dates:
2021
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Picador painting
Collection
Identifier: SC 01879
Content Description
Painting of a Picador or bullfighter on horse. Identity of painter is unknown.
Dates:
Undated
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary letter holder
Collection
Identifier: UA 416
Content Description
Contains one vintage wooden napkin holder. The napkin portrays a painted image of a Native American and the name of the college on its front side. On its back, the napkin holder lists the founding dates of Jamestown, Virginia; Yorktown, Virginia; and the Virginia colony.
Dates:
Circa 1940
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center