Folk art work
Folk art work
Saint Lorenz and Saint-Antoine
Curious painted antique furniture door featuring Saint Lorenz and Saint-Antoine l'Hermite in the upper section and a handwritten text in the lower section, including a quotation by François-René de Chateaubriand from Les Martyrs, published in 1809: "The whole Empire is armed against Saint-Antoine; he flees; he bids the world an eternal farewell; To feed the destitute, he sells his patrimony; And goes into a desert, thinking only of his God" and the date 1831.
85 x 47 cm
Folk art work
Saint Lorenz and Saint-Antoine
Curious painted antique furniture door featuring Saint Lorenz and Saint-Antoine l'Hermite in the upper section and a handwritten text in the lower section, including a quotation by François-René de Chateaubriand from Les Martyrs, published in 1809: "The whole Empire is armed against Saint-Antoine; he flees; he bids the world an eternal farewell; To feed the destitute, he sells his patrimony; And goes into a desert, thinking only of his God" and the date 1831.
85 x 47 cm
