Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood microscopic photo ) The brass pin decoration-tiny

) The brass pin decoration-tiny nails hammered in one by one-- forms a (dense and sprawling

But over the following couple of weeks I thought about them

with a few tiny white marks in one area

lovingly done

where the Knowles Steam Pump factory operated in the last quarter of the 1800s

Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood microscopic photo ) The brass pin decoration-tinyI spent a fair bit of time extricating this painting from the much less wonderful frame that had been literally glued to its perimeter. (Fortunately, the surface of the painting was undisturbed.) Well worth the effort, I'd say! Late 18th early 19th century I believe, through the serpent quashed by our lady looks quite medieval, and the manner of the text below her does, too. Some weeks especially (like this one) remind me that while I am a lover of