c. 18th Century Moody Spanish Painting of Santa Rita on Wood Panel ceramic vessel a stain to the card

a stain to the card at lower left and a bit of surface loss to upper right corner

(Personally though I find this version the most charming

The same hand (knife) made both

Perhaps meant to represent--or at least allude to--Felix the Cat

c. 18th Century Moody Spanish Painting of Santa Rita on Wood Panel ceramic vessel a stain to the cardI purchased this painting from a seller in Spain, who consistently has wonderful things 18th century Spanish I believe, oil on wood, framed as found. The subject is Santa Rita (born Margherita Ferri Lotti; 1381 May, 22 1457), Italian widow and Augustinian nun, known as a saint of lost and impossible causes, and marital problems, having endured and apparently has some success in converting a very abusive husband into a better person. She is often