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Text information from Gallery JT Ltd shall not be interpreted as scientific. Price/market value. Price level between buyer/interestiing party and Gallery JT Ltd can be agreed upon. See elucidation of sale conditions under information. It is the buyers own responsibility to determine and evaluate the painting. -See also sale conditions under information to the lower left. Regarding context and truthfulness of text written on works of art Gallery JT Ltd enclose our interpretation but Gallery JT Ltd cannot give any guarantees. Old ikon painted on canvas mounted on wood probably Russian from the 16th-17th century. This is the most venerated icon and the original icon is a cult object in Byzantinum said to have been painted by Saint Luke, read more below. The painted frame indicates that this icon is painted in the late 17th century.
© GALLERY JT Ltd Maria is pointing at her son: the way for salvation. Size: 8,62 x 10,51 inch. Ikon is another word for icon which means a small religious picture of a holy person used in worship in Greek and in Russian orthodox church. According to information from the Swedish cristian church the russian icon painting reached its heights in the 14th and 15th century. The virgin. she who shows the way The greek name of the icon Maria bearer of god is Theotokos Greek name: Οδηγήτρια, Russian name: Одигитрия The original icon was said to have been painted by Saint Luke and is named Hodegetria. Full description of this icon will soon be published. © GALLERY JT Ltd The Monastery of the Panaghia Hodegetria in Constantinople was especially built to contain the icon. Iconoclasm ended with the final condemnation of iconoclasm at the Council of Orthodoxy, held in 843 under the patronage of Empress Theodora II. Text information from Gallery JT Ltd shall not be interpreted as scientific. The description of this icon that is now being sold is written in Swedish language and full translation into English text is coming soon. This painting is kept in safe storage inside bank vault. © GALLERY JT Ltd
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