El Niño Jesús de Praga Retablo
Artist
Juan A. Sanchez
(American, 1901 - 1969)
Date1936
Mediumgouache on wood
DimensionsImage: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (24.1 × 16.5 cm)
Support: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1/2 in. (24.1 × 16.5 × 1.3 cm)
Support: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1/2 in. (24.1 × 16.5 × 1.3 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineOn long term loan from the Fine Arts Program, Public Buildings Service, U.S. General Services Administration
Object number2009.17
DescriptionImage of Jesus as a child dressed in red gown; the right hand of the child is raised in blessing, while his left hand holds a sphere surmounted by a cross; yellow background with black curtains.On View
On viewTerms
- Catholicism
- New Deal
- devotional images
- infants
Juan Antonio Franco
printed 1947
