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VIRGIN GLIKOFILOUSSA

Code: C103
ΠΑΝΑΓΙΑ ΓΛΥΚΟΦΙΛΟΥΣΑ
Available Dimensions
  • 10x9 cm || 3 7/8 x 3 35/64 "
  • 16x11 cm || 6 19/64 x 4 21/64 "
  • 20x16 cm || 7 7/8 x 6 19/64 "
  • 33x25 cm || 12 63/64 x 9 27/32 "
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.

Silkscreen icon with silver frame and wooden casing, locally gilded; the picture is accompanied by a wooden stand.