Antique Spanish Colonial Retablo with Engraving of Arma Christi

Item Details

Oil
wood

An antique retablo image on board of the Arma Christi, an engraving on laid paper adhered to a pine plank. The image shows the cross draped with a robe flanked by two angels. The initials ‘INRI’ are inscribed at the top of the cross. There is text across the bottom of the image, below the cross. 1938.unknown

Provenance
Collected in the late 19th and early 20th century and donated to a Private Midwestern Institution in 1938
Sold to enhance and preserve the Institution’s mission-relevant Collections

Condition

- wear consistent with age.
- very dark with several patches of image loss

Dimensions

Item #

17COL077-022