80 Days of Indulgencias
Spanish Colonial, Argentina
Oil on Board
1770
12.75 x 9.5 inches ( 15.75 x 12.5 x .875 in frame (32.4 x 25 cm w/o frame)
Inventory # 10204
$8,500
An extremely good and rare 18th Century painting with a legend stating that Don Antonio -a Bishop - grants 80 days of indulgences to all persons.
Very intricate subject with St, Michael and the Devil amongst other subjects including the Crucifixion and Animas in Purgatory.
Collection from 1951 - Ellsworth Bunker on his first State Department assignment as U.S. Ambassador to Argentina.