Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Mid-Century Modern Highly engraved with a band

Highly engraved with a band of Arabic script to the top and each terminal having an engraved face

He learned the woodcut technique from the young artists of Brücke (Bridge)

The back is supported by two pairs of carved & ribbed columns

5" tall (at sight)

Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Mid-Century Modern Highly engraved with a bandSOLD A large & fine antique early 19th century hand painted & gilded Greek Orthodox icon, egg tempera on panel, circa 1800. The icon with a central figural group of the Virgin & Jesus, the heavens above them with God & Jesus looking down, flanked with angels seated on clouds. The Virgin is surrounded by saints in gilded cartouches with Greek caligraphy, the Virgin also with a long ribbon with Greek caligraphy. The base with four panels; the two