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Lot 396
A Spanish Colonial School Painting of Saint Cecilia
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Oil on tin, unsigned, circa 1800, presented within a gilt frame.

Panel 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.; Frame dimensions 10 x 7 5/8 in.

Private Collection, North Carolina

This depiction of Saint Cecilia at a gilt baroque period organ bears resemblance to the painting of the saint by Pedro Jose Diaz (fl. 1750-1810) at the La Merced convent in Lima, Peru.

Scattered paint flaking and surface grime; some superficial surface abrasions; some metal corrosion to verso; rubbing and chipping to frame.