Archangel Raphael with Tobias in Red, and Dog and Fish, Very Beautiful Antique Retablo on Tin small plates subtle against the black but

subtle against the black but clearly visible

feeling like a finished work that veers into Op Art territory

and a repair/addition to the base

A few years later

There is a tiny gap between the mount he stands on and the flat base to which it is nailed so he leans forward just a hair but is stable and pretty sturdy

Archangel Raphael with Tobias in Red, and Dog and Fish, Very Beautiful Antique Retablo on Tin small plates subtle against the black butA real beauty of an antique retablo painting on tin in all regards,19th century or perhaps a little earlier? Represented is a story from the Book of Tobit, in which the Archangel Raphael accompanies the young Tobias, and his dog, on a journey to Media to collect a debt for his blind father, Tobit. On the way, Raphael has Tobias gut a fish, the gall of which Tobias later rubs on his father's eyes, curing his blindness. Here we have a wonderful (very