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Ref: 4583
The fact that they were reverse painted onto the back of the glass means the colours remain fresh, these paintings were produced by villagers for the Romanian country people to decorate their cottages, it was a traditional folk craft of icon painting - but there was also a demand for non-religious subject matter as here.
Transylvania early to mid 20th cent
H: 432cm (170.1in)
W: 42cm (16.5in)
D: 1cm (0.4in)
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