Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood small still life A Pennsylvania German tramp art

A Pennsylvania German tramp art frame

It's a folio that appears to have been distributed to high school teachers in 1938

11 1/8" in diameter and in great structural shape

but I only turn up references to a Sheridan Junior High in Sheridan

which is must say is incredibly satisfying

Saint with Cross, Key, and Marvelous Serpent, 18th-Early 19th Century Retablo Painting on Wood small still life A Pennsylvania German tramp artI spent a fair bit of time extricating this painting from the much less wonderful frame that had been literally glued to its perimeter. (Fortunately, the surface of the painting was undisturbed.) Well worth the effort, I'd say! Late 18th early 19th century I believe, through the serpent quashed by our lady looks quite medieval, and the manner of the text below her does, too. Some weeks especially (like this one) remind me that while I am a lover of