18th-19th century, wooden panel with polychrome and gilt over gesso, with brass title plate and Lithuanian export label on verso.

8.25 x 10.25 in.

The Estate Collection of Dr. & Mrs. R. Lewis Wright, Richmond, VA

The Seven Sleepers were Christian martyrs who hid in a cave near the Ionian city of Ephesus during the Decian persecutions of the mid-3rd century A.D. They allegedly slept for 180 years, woke to a Christianized empire and shortly thereafter died.

A few chips revealing gesso; overall craquelure.

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