"Las Cruz de Animas" Old Folk Art Retablo Painting on Tin #2 carved wood animal it feels very much like

it feels very much like the encapsulation of a peep show

The frame is wired on the back for hanging

52 cards plus one joker and one blank

with a few tiny scuff marks/discolorations

I especially love the huge painterly blue sky of this one--just right against the soft

"Las Cruz de Animas" Old Folk Art Retablo Painting on Tin #2 carved wood animal it feels very much likeThis is the second of two retablos I recently purchased from a dealer in Canada, both straight from a German collector, who also collected antique Russian Eastern Orthodox icons. This and the other retablo (listed and sold last week) both depict Las Cruz de Animas, or the Cross of Souls, representing Christ on the cross along with a group of anima sola below lonely souls surrounded by flames who are trapped in purgatory, requiring the prayers of the