James Cordova Arts

Retablo, 2002

Hand-adzed wood, home-made gesso, water-based natural pigments, piñon-resin varnish, leather.

Santa Rosalía de Palermo (Saint Rosalie of Palermo)

The patron saint of Palermo, Sicily, Santa Rosalí was said to have saved the city from the plague many years after her death. She was reputedly a young girl from a good family and is depicted in a green, gray or brown robe and holds a palm and crucifix crucifix.