An 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas of Christ on the Cross c.1780 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The English rough sewn oak

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

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

Diameter: 18”

Production of these decorated tiles survived until the middle of the sixteenth century

He prays and eats

An 18thC Italian School Oil on Canvas of Christ on the Cross c.1780 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope The English rough sewn oakOrigin: 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