Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood microscopic photo with a few tiny white

with a few tiny white marks in one area

lovingly done

This is one you really want to hold in your hands--quite a special feeling thing

an antique darning sampler

Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood microscopic photo with a few tiny whiteI spent a fair bit of time extricating this painting from the much less wonderful frame that had been literally glued to its perimeter. (Fortunately, the surface of the painting was undisturbed.) Well worth the effort, I'd say! Late 18th early 19th century I believe, through the serpent quashed by our lady looks quite medieval, and the manner of the text below her does, too. Some weeks especially (like this one) remind me that while I am a lover of