Icon, The Virgin Hodegetria

Features

Artwork title:  Madonna odighitria

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Subject:  Sacred Subject

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Tempera on Board

Description : Madonna odighitria

Tempera on panel. Classic raffigurzione of the Madonna holding the Child Jesus, seated, in the act of blessing, who holds in his hand a parchment rolled up and that the blessed Virgin indicates with the right hand (from which the origin of the epithet, which means "the One who leads, shows the direction"). Several drops of color and restoration.

Product Condition:
Loss of colour and restorations

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 27
Width: 30
Depth: 3