This devotional oil painting comes from the Spanish colonization period of the American Southwest. The icon in this painting is dressed in the style of Spanish royalty, and many details in the painting are typical ornaments and designs found in art during that time period. The great influence of Spanish Catholicism during the Spanish colonization of Latin America inspired the style of this rendition. This piece varies from other iconography you may see, in which religious icons have halos, which is what makes the style of this piece so unique. It breaks from traditional sacred paintings, and uses a style that seems more similar used by that a secular painters.