Continental School, 19th Century Male Saint with a Demon Figure Grasping His Crozier

Description:

Continental School, 19th Century

Male Saint with a Demon Figure Grasping His Crozier
Unsigned.
Oil on panel, 20 1/4 x 16 5/8 in. (51.5 x 42.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Splits to panel, paint and surface losses, active lifting and tenting, craquelure, skinning, retouch, surface grime.
Estimate $250-350

Tenting and lifting reveal a substrate of an indeterminate material.

Panel is roughly cradled with two horizontal support pieces. Panel is also inscribed in large black letters, perhaps "Mon.../Vict..." on the reverse.


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