Antique 18thC Spanish Colonial Icon Painting Retablo St. Camillus & Christ 1760 Decorative Arts The cupboard base having a

The cupboard base having a carved frieze with semi-spherical devices

19 cm X 7 cm

ochre and earthen greens that looked like they were pulled from the very soil he painted

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

the drawers with brass lock escutcheons & bail handles

Antique 18thC Spanish Colonial Icon Painting Retablo St. Camillus & Christ 1760 Decorative Arts The cupboard base having aAntique 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