Reliquary painting with polychromed and gilded paperoles surrounding an octagonal reserve with Virgin and Child in polychromed and gilded relief on a painted background decorated with flowers; eight relics in border. In a carved and gilded wooden frame. Vat paper on the back with the inscription Jacob de Tigné. End of the 18th century Height : 30,8 cm - Width : 29,4 cm (slight accidents to the frame) François-René Jacob de Tigné (1716-1801) was an officer of the Order of Malta.

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