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The image displays an exvoto painting from Mexico City, Mexico, depicting a dramatic historical event. The painting, in a folk art style on what appears to be a lamina, is mounted on a light-colored wall with a transparent information plaque beside it. The painting features a rural or mountainous landscape under a blue sky with some trees. The central scene shows a man, dressed in white, being held by two figures in what appear to be military uniforms, holding rifles. Another uniformed figure stands nearby with a rifle, suggesting an execution by firing squad. Above this scene, a haloed figure, possibly a saint or divine entity, is depicted in a cloud. The visible text on the painting, partially obscured, and fully replicated on the accompanying plaque, describes the miracle. It reads: "En el R. de Pastores en 1917 Roman Camargo dos veces se vio en gravisimo peligro de que lo mataran colgado y Fusilado al descolgarlo quedó casi muerto despues lo hincaron para fusilarlo su madre invocó al milagroso Sn Nicolas y a los 15 dia quedó libre." This translates to: "In R. de Pastores in 1917 Roman Camargo twice found himself in grave danger of being killed, hanged and shot. When he was taken down, he was almost dead. Afterwards, they made him kneel to be shot. His mother invoked the miraculous Saint Nicholas and after 15 days, he was set free." The plaque further identifies the artwork as an "Exvoto del milagro realizado a Roman Camargo," an "Óleo sobre lámina" (Oil on lamina), and from the "Siglo XX" (20th Century). The painting captures the desperation of the moment and the hope for divine intervention, culminating in a miraculous rescue.
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19E20
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10,073
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