Broadsheet relating to Our Lady of Refuge with prayer
Medium
Photorelief and letterpress
Dimensions
Sheet: 16 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (41 × 30 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
Accession Number
46.46.285
Tags
Art Historical Context
This vibrant 1905 broadsheet, titled *Broadsheet relating to Lady of Refuge with prayer honors the Mexican devotion to Nuestra Señora de Refugio, a protective figure of the Virgin Mary Produced by the renowned Mexican printer Antonio Vanegas Arroyo it features iconic imagery of the Virgin cradling the Christ Child, surrounded by adoring angels and floral gar—a classic motif in Catholic popular art symbolizing divine refuge and maternal love. Measuring about 16 by 12 inches, the sheet combines a photorelief image (an early halftone process blending photography with relief printing for detailed ...