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VIRGIN GLIKOFILOUSSA

Code: FS103
ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΓΛΥΚΟΦΙΛΟΥΣΑ
Available Dimensions
  • 26x20 cm || 10 15/64 x 7 7/8 "
  • 34x22 cm || 13 25/64 x 8 21/32 "
  • 40x27 cm || 15 3/4 x 10 5/8 "
Description It is one of the more familiar representations of the Virgin. The Cretan painters of the 15th and 16th century, used to reproduce the image in its most popular version, the one of Emmanuel Lombardos - great painter of post-Byzantine icons - who lived in the second half of the 16th century. The prototype is exhibited at the Benaki Museum.

Aged silkscreen icon with wooden frame and gold plating; the halo of the image is silver plated, locally gilded and has been decorated with Swarovski crystals.