Trees and Walls and Path, Mysterious Feeling Antique Oil on Camphored Wood Panel ceramic plate Strung with a rope on

Strung with a rope on the back for hanging

attracted at first simply by its crisp geometries

I found it folded down the center line

) as they surround Mary and Baby Jesus in this 19th c

The blade is marked with a "2" but I see no other marks

Trees and Walls and Path, Mysterious Feeling Antique Oil on Camphored Wood Panel ceramic plate Strung with a rope onThis old oil on wood panel painting, better and more atmospheric in person, completely does it for I love a painting of a path leading into the distance to begin with, but this one manages to evince a feeling of mystery in its emptiness, almost making me this of a De Chirico. With these elegant stone walls, and pop of acid green to the bush near center, which leads the eye right to the curve in the road. Just excellent. And with now much mellowed gold