San Francisco de Paula - GDL

This rare retablo painting by Geronimo de Leon, one of Mexico's most important listed retablo painters, represents San Francisco de Paula

** See reference book 'Geronimo de Leon - Pintor de Milagros' for additional works by Geronimo de Leon (cover pictured above))

Saint Francis is the patron saint of fires, plagues and the blind, and he is almost always depicted as he is here, with a sacrificial lamb emerging from a fiery oven and "Caritas" (Charity) illuminated from above. Inscribed along lower edge.

Dimensions are 14 inches vertical x 10 inches horizontal.

Condition: excellent with only minor paint loss. Unrestored.

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