An 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas of Christ on the Cross c.1780 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope There are some small losses

There are some small losses to the original frame as photographed

Circumference: 10

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

This folksy weather vane is now blowing a gale as a tabletop ornament with high decorative merit

grew up to be an electrical engineer concerned with Battersea Power Station

An 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas of Christ on the Cross c.1780 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope There are some small lossesOrigin: 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