Spanish Colonial, oil on tin retablo - Saint Camillus de Lellis (San Camilo), hand painted on heavy gauge tin, a very elaborate retablo depicting Saint Camillus de Lellis (also Camillo or San Camilo) in his black habit tending to an individual who appears to be dying (or is already deceased) with his pale complexion and hands crossed over his chest as he lies beneath billowing white sheets. San Camilo holds a lit candle in his left hand and a Crucifix in his right hand; the mood is one of last rites, an angel is positioned at the head of the bed, three other monks kneel in prayer around the sick bed holding lit candles, devilish or demon-like creature, framed it in a walnut and marquetry inlaid frame, Mexico, 19th century
MEASUREMENTS:
17.75" H x 16" W x 1" D Frame
12.25" H x 10" W Image
