Archangel Raphael with Tobias in Red, and Dog and Fish, Very Beautiful Antique Retablo on Tin small plates feeling like a finished work

feeling like a finished work that veers into Op Art territory

Small tear to one cheek as noted

subtle against the black but clearly visible

this one is dated  4/4/29

Archangel Raphael with Tobias in Red, and Dog and Fish, Very Beautiful Antique Retablo on Tin small plates feeling like a finished workA real beauty of an antique retablo painting on tin in all regards,19th century or perhaps a little earlier? Represented is a story from the Book of Tobit, in which the Archangel Raphael accompanies the young Tobias, and his dog, on a journey to Media to collect a debt for his blind father, Tobit. On the way, Raphael has Tobias gut a fish, the gall of which Tobias later rubs on his father's eyes, curing his blindness. Here we have a wonderful (very