Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Sculpture painted canvas

painted canvas

This is a substantial figural lamp in very good condition

The table is stable and robust and will seat 8-10 diners

A varnish oil medium was used as vehicle to grind his powdered pigments into paint and then used to help apply thin layers of paint which he could easily blend

Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Sculpture painted canvasSOLD A large & fine antique early 19th century hand painted & gilded Greek Orthodox icon, egg tempera on panel, circa 1800. The icon with a central figural group of the Virgin & Jesus, the heavens above them with God & Jesus looking down, flanked with angels seated on clouds. The Virgin is surrounded by saints in gilded cartouches with Greek caligraphy, the Virgin also with a long ribbon with Greek caligraphy. The base with four panels; the two