Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross railroad sign a conversation piece for sure

a conversation piece for sure

with light overall wear

If I encountered this sign in the wild

I have to think Reich valued it a great deal

would surely be my favorite

Old Mexican Retablo on Tin of Young Jesus at Cross railroad sign a conversation piece for sureI'm not the best with Chrisitian iconography, but I believe this subject of this antique Mexican retablo is a young Jesus, with the cross and crown of thorns behind him foreshadowing his death, and the lily in his hand his resurrection. I really like the fact that he looks both like a baby and and old man, hovering between clouds above and below, and with the wear to the paint giving a sense of rain or tears streaming down. And the black of his gown