Italian Walnut Table Tabernacle or Reliquary Cabinet, Likely Northern Italy, Circa 17th–18th Century It is the kind of

It is the kind of painting that reveals more the longer you sit with it

for faithful services in their employment

A striking and deeply personal late Victorian portrait

with delicate brushwork and subtle tonal transitions that give the face a lifelike presence

The reverse is fitted with a bronze backing secured by period screws

Italian Walnut Table Tabernacle or Reliquary Cabinet, Likely Northern Italy, Circa 17th–18th Century It is the kind ofItalian Walnut Table Tabernacle or Reliquary Cabinet Likely Northern Italy Circa 17th18th Century A deeply evocative small devotional cabinet, hand crafted in solid walnut and fitted with hand forged iron and brass hardware. This form is consistent with table tabernacles or reliquary cupboards used in private chapels or domestic devotional settings across Italy. The architectural shape, with its domed top and plinth base, echoes church tabernacles on