A mid-19th century Greek icon of the Pièta, in the Italo-Cretan style, the sorrowing Mother of God seated on a rock, cradling the Body of the Saviour, on gilt ground -- 17¾in. x 14¼in.

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A mid-19th century Greek icon of the Pièta, in the Italo-Cretan style, the sorrowing Mother of God seated on a rock, cradling the Body of the Saviour, on gilt ground -- 17¾in. x 14¼in.
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For a similar icon, based on the Italian original by Giovanni Bellini, see London, Royal Academy of Arts, From Byzantium to El Greco, Greek Frescoes and Icons, 1987, no. 45 and Gallery Nicolenko, Icônes grècques et russe, Paris, 1975, no. 9

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