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ulysses62
Apr 13, 2009, 07:58 PM
I recently came upon a old chromolitho, it is titled at the bottom in various languages
Le mort du pecheu, death of a sinner. It is an unusual picture that has a woman on her death bed ,with a angel flying from the death bed .it also has a bag of gold with a serpent
At the foot of the bed as well as satan holding a mirror with the image of the young dying woman. I have seen this title in different pictures , but have never seen this one.
The one thing about this that is really intriging to me is the color and the gold accents on the wings of the angel , the priests robe and the serpent. Also it is in a old home made
Wooden oak frame. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated.

Clough
Apr 19, 2009, 05:11 PM
Hi, ulysses62!

Is the image below the same as what you have?

Thanks!

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ulysses62
Apr 19, 2009, 06:06 PM
No, but it is similar. I did remove it from the frame and noticed their was a page # in far bottom corner. I gather this was from a very large book. I showed it to several people at antique market and they said the print is around 120 yrs old. The whole print is very
Smooth and almost as if it was laminated.
Thank you for your response.