Vilches Family Ex-Votos


	Updated December 11, 2007


	Translation is Rough!




	1. Divine Face of Jesus, blessed by you for sending your relief to my son Martin who was bitten by the Patron's dog. And upon asking you to guard him from death, you granted this for which I dedicate this in your honor.


		3. I give thanks to the Virgin of Guadalupe that I could leave on foot when Anna, my sweetheart's, father found us "fooling around" and menaced me with his pistol. Today I return in order to marry Anna.




		5. Laura Duarte gives infinite thanks to our Lord for permitting her to meet a man of her life who got her out of being a prostitute in order to marry her and to have a family. For this I give you my powerful thanks here in this little retablo.


		6. Nicholas Buenrostro (Goodface) gives infinite thanks to the little Virgin of Guadalupe because his buddy, Isidro Dias, is now okay after a wall fell on his head leaving him blind for three weeks and here I give you thanks for the favor granted.


		7. Antonio Hernandez gives infinite thanks to the Holy Child of Atoche because his pal did not discover his wife and him cheating on him in his own house and gives thnks for the favor and swearing not to do it again here gives powerful thanks.



	9. The lawyer Sanchez offers this present to the little Virgin of Guadalupe for having discovered Viagra. For a long time he has had desire for Margarita, his secretary, but, because of his problem, he has never been able to make it. But today he returns to feeling younger than his 60 years.



				11. Manuel Ruiz gives thanks to the little Virgin of Guadalupe because El Mistico beat the black warrior and he had bet a little money on him. He sends you thanks in his name.


	12. Meliton Martinez dedicates this little retablo to the Virgin of San Juan de los Lagos because, on the day of September 11, he was absent from work because of a bout of diarrhea which you gave him. And thanks to this he was saved from death in the twin towers. And after four years he returned to Mexico to be with his wife and children.

DESCRIPTION	Ex Votos (also called retablos) are painted tin, usually thanking a saint for giving the painter a miracle. The Vilchis family of ex-voto artists is becoming popular for the clear painting style and both touching and humorous subject matter. They are commissioned by others to paint ex-votos commemorating miracles and expressing gratitude. The translation on these is rough.
DIMENSIONS	1. (signed TMR) 11.5" H x 8.75" W 3. (signed Hugo Vilchis) 12" H x 8.75" W 5. (signed D. Vilchis) 9.75" H x 12.5" W 6. (signed D. Vilchis) 12.5" H x 7.5" W 7. (signed D. Vilchis) 8.75" H x 13" W 9. (signed Luis Vilchis) 12.75" H x 8>25" W 11. (signed Luis Vilchis) 13" H x 8.75" W 12. (signed Luis Vilchis) 12" H x 8.75" W 13. (signed Luis Vilchis) 13" H x 9" W
PRICE	$119 each + shipping
ITEM #	1 + 6. GD105I and number of piece others. LJ037-2D and number of piece




		13. St. Sebastian, I give you thanks for saving me from death at the hands of a client who, on realizing that I was not a woman, wanted to strangle me.


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