Antique Portuguese Ex Voto Painting 1893 Folk Art Retablo on Wood Religious Miracle Healing Devotional Santos Colonial PortugueseA deeply moving and wonderfully nave Portuguese colonial ex voto painting dated 1893, hand painted on wood and rich in spiritual symbolism. This touching devotional piece depicts a figure lying in bed beneath a green blanket, with a solitary black cross standing nearby, a powerful visual shorthand for illness, suffering, faith and divine intervention. Along the lower edge, the handwritten Portuguese inscription records that a miracle was granted