Saint Joseph with Baby Jesus and Anima Sola, c. Late 19th C. Santos Painting on Wood Panel hand-written booklet are lightweight enough to throw

are lightweight enough to throw in a suitcase--or a picnic basket

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but might later consider breaking up if I can't sell as a group

with some aging to the surface but very little loss of the litho at all

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Saint Joseph with Baby Jesus and Anima Sola, c. Late 19th C. Santos Painting on Wood Panel hand-written booklet are lightweight enough to throwSaint Joseph witj baby Jesus was a common subject of santos paintings, with the child often holding a globe, as here, and Joseph with a lily blooming staff. More uncommon though, and what makes me especially love this one, is the inclusion of an Anima Sola, or "lonely soul" suffering in Purgatory, depicted here at lower right, licked by flames and perhaps the raison d'etre for the painting, appealing for salvation. Oil on wood panel, with very rich