Retablo
date: label: date made
content: ca 1698
notes: label: Description
content: Painted by an anonymous artist in New Mexico, this Catholic devotional image depicts the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe.
label: Description
content: According to tradition, the Virgin of Guadalupe first appeared to Juan Diego, a Christian Indian, on a hilltop near Mexico City in 1531. His vision of a dark-haired, brown-skinned Virgin Mary was popularized by Spanish missionaries seeking to convert Indians to Christianity. Over time, Our Lady of Guadalupe became a cherished symbol of Mexican and Latin American identity.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Mexico
topic: label: depicted
content: Virgin of Guadalupe
label: depicted
content: Angels
label: related event
content: Guadalupan Apparition
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content: Home and Community Life: Religion
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: National Treasures exhibit
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content: Religion
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CL.200826
label: accession number
content: 34005
label: catalog number
content: 200826
objectType: label: Object Name
content: retablo
label: Object Type
content: Paintings
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood, pine (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gesso (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tempera (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42.5 cm x 29.5 cm x 1.5 cm; 16 3/4 in x 11 5/8 in x 9/16 in