Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood chinese new year but turned it upside down

but turned it upside down to find the name Garland incised on the bottom

I believe this piece is specifically by Wilhelm Kagel Jr

these in two senses: the wood (as hand-written text on the side of the box notes) came from Friburg [sic] Fair in Maine (Fryeburg fair

because they bear witness to one person's experience of a fleeting phenomenon

which looks to read Chas Magill or similar

Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood chinese new year but turned it upside downI 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