Italy, States. A Large Oil Painting Of The Virgin Mary With John The Apostle Auction and blackened bronze

and blackened bronze

minesweepers badge in zinc

the obverse with machine embroidered green threading with a black swastika

likely of German manufacture

marked twice by maker’s mark of Rudolf Souval

Italy, States. A Large Oil Painting Of The Virgin Mary With John The Apostle Auction and blackened bronzeA very well preserved oil on canvas painting depicting the Virgin Mary alongside John the Apostle. The former is presented as Our Lady of Sorrows, with a single sword piercing her heart (in reference to the prophecy of Simeon and her sharing in the suffering of her son on the cross) while tears stream down her face. She is comforted by a similarly tearful John, reflecting Christs entrusting the pair to the care of one another according to John 19: 26