An Interesting Mid 17thC Oil on Card Devotional Fragment Portrait of Christ c.1654 sub-Religion & Relics You never heard of a

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All of these stamps point to a key period of framing and then gallery display between 1881 – 1890

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Siegel of Siegel & Stockman

The antlers that form the superstructure in this extraordinary piece are firstly from the Manchurian Sika Deer

An Interesting Mid 17thC Oil on Card Devotional Fragment Portrait of Christ c.1654 sub-Religion & Relics You never heard of aOrigin: English Period: Cromwellian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1654 The Portrait: 5. 5 x 4. 5 inches The Whole: in Frame: 10 x 8. 75 inches The mid 17th Century devotional fragment painted in oils on card with a gold ground, the now partial portrait of Christ, inscribed verso JE Talis (?) 74 and dated anno domo 1654, the whole presented in a glazed 19thC ebonised and giltwood frame survives from Cromwellian England. The portrait has become only a