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Folk Art Reverse Painting on Glass
Ref: 4901
A good condition reverse painted religious scene on glass, the quintessential Romanian folk art form, painted by peasants and for peasants, basically German prints copied in paints onto thin glass sheets, and put into stained and grained decorated pine frames. The sober religious subject matter is transformed into something folky, naive, decorative, charming.
Transylvania early 20th cent.
H: 47cm (18.5in)
W: 36cm (14.2in)
D: 1cm (0.4in)
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