VIRGIN AND CHILD

Description One of the most popular images of the Virgin, Mary and the Child is an inspiration and creation of the painter of the Renaissance and significant hagiographer from Rethymno, Emmanuel Tzanes, representative of the Cretan School. The picture was painted in 1651 and is kept in the Holy Monastery of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin, in Corfu.

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