St. Rose of Lima with Cross, Lovely Small Antique Retablo on Tin wall plaque - Valerio Massimo Manfredi

- Valerio Massimo Manfredi

someone at some point took care to re-purpose the pair of figures

And this one has an iron mend along the bottom edge of both sides to boot

how early (sometime between 1855-77) and how notable it is among pencil aficionados

and this is the last of them

St. Rose of Lima with Cross, Lovely Small Antique Retablo on Tin wall plaque - Valerio Massimo ManfrediThis is a small one, found the same day (at an antiques show in New Hampshire) that I found a couple of early 19th century portrait miniatures also listed today, and she has a bit of that feeling herself. I believe she represents Saint Rose of Lima (15861617), a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, Spanish Empire, who became known both for her life of severe penance and for her care of the poverty stricken. And of course I would