Christ with Crown of Thorns / Veronica's Veil, 19th C. Spanish Colonial Retablo on Tin finely painted with red borders

with red borders

The surface has worn soft and smooth

(There is a piece of tape on the interior of the bowl in one photo

A few scattered stains

I'd spread them out on the coffee table and never put them away

Christ with Crown of Thorns / Veronica's Veil, 19th C. Spanish Colonial Retablo on Tin finely painted with red bordersThe wear to the surface on this 19th c. retablo makes it appear almost as if a real crown of thorns had been mounted on top of it, scraping away the paint with its sharp points and making this portrait of Jesus feel all the more dramatic. Though tightly cropped, I believe the subject depicted here is Veronica's Veil, with the drape of the cloth visible across the top of the painting against dark blue background and I especially like that the thorns of