Tuesday Treasures - February 18, 2025

 Earlier this year I shared this print on a Tuesday Treasures post, noting that the backing was stamped Mother of the Saviour, when it was in fact a young Jesus at 12 years old, detail after Heinrich Hofmann's The Boy Christ Disputing With the Temple Elders.  Well, I was looking for a small frame and thought this print's might be the right size.  I removed the backing, and Jesus, and lo and behold... there was Mother of the Saviour tucked in behind him! ("Saviour" being the British spelling, although Radio Picture Frame Co. was in New York.) 

Another blonde, blue-eyed baby Jesus!  

It's not the first hidden print I've discovered.   In July I found four behind the one I bought.  

In 2022 I found one of my oldest prints, an 1862 La Mode Illustree (French fashion magazine) hidden behind something I no longer have.

Then, there's the fabulous textured lithograph from Donald Art Co. by Rico Tomaso, that seems to have been used as padding between another textured print and the backing.  I collect these textured lithographs, and this one is amazing!  I can't find any reference to this anywhere! Maybe it's just a detail cut from a larger piece to fit.  I am waiting to hear back from Vivien at donaldart.com.  I asked about it, and she requested a photo to look for information. 

 I should have learned my lesson before now to check behind what I can get behind.  Some artwork is sealed in too well to check, but Mother of the Saviour was not.