A DEISIS
17TH CENTURY
Christ blessing and holding the open Gospels, flanked by his Mother and John the Baptist, both extending their hands in supplication, the figures rendered traditionally, the faces painted with dark colours, the garments with brighter folds, the background showing the layer of gesso; each panel with a basma and a later unmarked halo
Each Icon 7¼ x 5¾ in. (18 x 14.5 cm.) (3)
A DEISIS
17TH CENTURY
Christ blessing and holding the open Gospels, flanked by his Mother and John the Baptist, both extending their hands in supplication, the figures rendered traditionally, the faces painted with dark colours, the garments with brighter folds, the background showing the layer of gesso; each panel with a basma and a later unmarked halo
Each Icon 7¼ x 5¾ in. (18 x 14.5 cm.) (3)
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