VIRGIN OF PASSION

Description The symbols of the Passion, the cross, the spear, the sponge, the nails, the crown of thorns in the hands of the Archangels Gabriel and Michael, in an icon of the Virgin and the Child. The original painting is attributed to the hagiographer Andreas Ritzos, in the fifteenth century, whose works are found in Italy and Patmos. The icon is exhibited in the Byzantine Museum of Athens.

Aged silkscreen icon on carved wood; the halo of the image is silver plated, locally gilded and has been decorated with Swarovski crystals.