FOUR EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST

FOUR EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF CHRIST
MELCHITE, 18TH CENTUR
The panel illustrating three of the most important events of the childhood of Christ: his Incarnation during the Annunciation, followed by his Nativity and Presentation to the Temple, leading to his Baptism, the latter event signalling the beginning of his Public Ministry, the scenes divided by foliate patterns and columns with Corinthian capitals and inscribed strips coiled around their shafts, the Annunciation and the Nativity with New Testament quotes at the lower part, painted in detail with saturated colours against a shiny gold background
16 1/8 x 11 in. (41 x 28 cm)