Castellan manufacture of the last quarter of the 18th century. Devotional plaque with St. Francis of Paola in polychrome majolica. Probably workshop of Silvio De Martinis or Gesualdo Fuina 34x24 cm 34x24 cm. Conservation status: excellent. Saint Francis of Paola holds in his hand a staff surmounted by his attribute. The figure is enclosed in a mixtilinear frame surmounted by a head with a diadem and decorated with scattered flowering twigs.

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