An 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas of Christ on the Cross c.1780 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope 5” h x 4

5” h x 4

Production of these decorated tiles survived until the middle of the sixteenth century

There is a section of loss to one of the putti attendants

with two very old repairs

The English rough sewn oak is thick and heavy with a beautifully dry and pale limed-like patina and would have been costly at the time

An 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas of Christ on the Cross c.1780 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope 5” h x 4Origin: Italian SchoolPeriod: Late 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1770 1790Height: 36Width: 25. 25Painted in oils on canvas, and apparently unsigned, depicting Christ on the cross, with the acronym INRI above, to the figures of Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist amongst others below, the whole displaying an evocative time worn texture and surviving from the second half of eighteenth century Italy. The condition of the painting is unrestored and