An antique carved and painted relief picture of the martyrdom of a bishop. The wooden panel carved in relief with an inscription in calligraphy below the image, framed in a dark wooden frame, approx. 9-1/2" x 8" panel size, with frame overall approx. 11-1/2" x 10". There is an old discolored piece of paper taped to the back with the name of the martyred bishop, S. Johann v Nepomuck, and the story. "The queen of Czecho-Slovakia confessed to the Bishop. The king wished to know what the queen had confessed, but the bishop refused to tell. The soldiers were ordered to torture the bishop and finally throw him into the Molda River. The bishop was made patron saint of Prague." There is also a biblical quote lettered on this sheet.
500/700
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