Whilst secularism has been gaining traction in Ireland in the last thirty years, no one would mistake wearing a chasuble outside of mass or for a sacrament surrounding a mass, and yet no one questions Rich wearing the vestment walking around the grounds of a church.
It is not possible to roll an oil painting, especially of any age without cracking and destroying the paint. The canvas is stretched over the frame, so even removing it from the frame could irreparably damage valuable artwork.
Irving Sutton lives in Lucca, Italy but the town they show is San Gimigniano.