Charming Old Pied Piper Tempera Painting on Brown Paper black and white sign architect and librarian who worked

architect and librarian who worked at the MIT art and architecture library

some wear and discoloration to the bottom of the interior of the planter

including many pieces that had been stored and never used

is in exceptional condition and  just stunning

4 1/4" long x 1 1/8" diameter and in great condition

Charming Old Pied Piper Tempera Painting on Brown Paper black and white sign architect and librarian who workedI found this wonderful old painting tempera, I believe, on brown paper bag or craft paper in a very dirty old frame where it was taped to piece of cardboard and starting to deteriorate, but I loved it so much there was no way I was not going to rescue it! You can see that the area around the top of his shirt and right arm shows loss and is quite fragile; I've just set it atop a new sheet of cardboard to stabilize it for the time being, but best would