Rare Antique French Alter Painting, Lambs, Backside is Dark Jesus, Alter Stand c.1840s napoleon III His major works are listed

His major works are listed in Volume 2 (pp

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we have not taken him out of frame to investigate further and will leave that decision to the next owner

in this case the concave dish and inkwell body & lid

Rare Antique French Alter Painting, Lambs, Backside is Dark Jesus, Alter Stand c.1840s napoleon III His major works are listedA splendid and rare alter painting, lambs (representing the lamb of God), oil painting on board. And if you walk around the alter to the backside, you see the other painting, a dark Jesus against a halo of gold and red, a bit creepy. I remember seeing something similar in the British Museum, a similar flat and rather creepy Christ, only visible behind the alter. Another was on display in one of the museums in Washington D. C., from memory. I'm not