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GREEK, 18TH CENTURY
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AN ICON OF ST. PROKOPIOS ON HORSEBACK
GREEK, 18TH CENTURY
Shown in military attire upon a white horse against sparse landscape, depicting the moment of the Saint's transformation from a pagan to a Christian, in the lower register a ship at sea, perhaps referring to his coming martyrdom when he was beheaded at Caesaria Maritima; the composition in pastel colours, set in a later molded gesso frame
Icon: 18 x 12¾ in. (45.8 x 32.4 cm.)
Frame: 22 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (57 x 43.5 cm.)
GREEK, 18TH CENTURY
Shown in military attire upon a white horse against sparse landscape, depicting the moment of the Saint's transformation from a pagan to a Christian, in the lower register a ship at sea, perhaps referring to his coming martyrdom when he was beheaded at Caesaria Maritima; the composition in pastel colours, set in a later molded gesso frame
Icon: 18 x 12¾ in. (45.8 x 32.4 cm.)
Frame: 22 3/8 x 17 1/8 in. (57 x 43.5 cm.)
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