Antique 18thC Spanish Colonial Icon Painting Retablo St. Camillus & Christ 1760 Decorative Arts no alterations to the cabinet

no alterations to the cabinet

with a shield shaped cartouche to the lid and an engraved floral clasp to the front

The set having a blue ground with finely hand-painted panels of Neoclassical scenes of maidens seated in floral settings and accompanied with cherubs

Thonet from 1927

the painting came to New York with the family and thence passed by descent

Antique 18thC Spanish Colonial Icon Painting Retablo St. Camillus & Christ 1760 Decorative Arts no alterations to the cabinetAntique 18th Century Spanish Colonial South American retablo, features Saint Camillus De Lellis (San Camilo), Patron Saint of The Sick, Peru, Cusco, circa 1760. This devotional retablo is sensitively painted on copper and housed in a gilt wood frame. The painting depicts a scene of a recumbent figure, presumably Christ, attended by Saint Camillus De Lellis. Christ is wearing white linens, holding a white lit candle to depict the divine light. There is