{"product_id":"26529-devotional-prayer-cards-handpainted-devotional-prayer-card-saint-livinus-ca-1820","title":"[Devotional Prayer Cards] Handpainted Devotional Prayer Card - Saint Livinus, ca. 1820","description":"\u003cp\u003eHand-painted devotional prayer card, French or Belgian, ca. 1820, depicting Saint Livinus (inscribed \"S. Livinus\") with halo and martyr's palm, holding the tongs of his martyrdom, in an oval medallion framed by a dense border of roses. Hand-drawn and hand-colored in ink, pencil, gouache and watercolor with gilt highlights, mainly on parchment. Number 12 of the group of hand-painted devotional cards from the same collection. \u003cspan style=\"background-color: yellow;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan style=\"background-color: yellow;\"\u003eMeasurement\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: yellow;\"\u003eSome of these early nineteenth-century devotional cards were made as \u003ci\u003ecanivets\u003c\/i\u003e, so called after the small knife used to cut their intricate patterns. Cloistered nuns made them to support their convents and charities (such convent work is also known as \u003ci\u003eKlosterarbeiten\u003c\/i\u003e). Entirely hand-cut and painted, they were the precursors of the machine-made lace-paper holy cards of later generations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62896359735455,"sku":"26529","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/IMG_1569.jpg?v=1792947043","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/26529-devotional-prayer-cards-handpainted-devotional-prayer-card-saint-livinus-ca-1820","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}