Framed religious image – "Per Mariam ad Jesum" – Paris, circa 1900

Charming old pious image under glass, representing the virgin mary and the child jesus, in a posture of openness and grace. The iconography is enhanced with golden borders and latin texts: per mariam ad jesum (through mary to jesus) and imitatores mei estote sicut et ego christi (be imitators of me as I am of christ). Dated from the end of the 19th or very beginning of the 20th century, this image was published by j. Daniel, a religious house located at 76 rue bonaparte in paris (place saint-sulpice), known for its quality editions linked to the apostolate of prayer / holy league of the heart of mary. 🛠 technical details: • publisher: j. Daniel, 76 rue bonaparte, paris • printer: testu & massin • period: circa 1890-1910 • origin: france • technique: chromolithograph on paper, framed under glass • frame: old blackened wood (traces of wear, patina of time) • dimensions: 31 X 24 cm (approximately, including frame) • condition: paper yellowed and pitted in places, original frame and background worn but stable – authentic old patina • beautiful example of popular devotion from the 19th century • decorative, authentic and spiritual object • for collection or vintage decoration #religiousimage #virginmary #popularart #souvenirdevotion #anticlerical #objectsofholiness #vintagecatholic #oldimagery #religiouspriory #christianart #oldreligious.