Orthodox Icon with Riza Tempera on Wood Greece XVIII-XIX Century - Synoxis of Saints with Mary and Christ in glory and Archangels.

Features

Artwork title:  Sinassi di Santi con Maria e Cristo in gloria e Arcangeli

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900 , 18th Century / 1701 - 1800

Subject:  Sacred Subject

Origin:  Greece

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Tempera on Board

Description : Sinassi di Santi con Maria e Cristo in gloria e Arcangeli

Tempera on wood with metal riza, gilded in correspondence with the halos. The icon sees in the lower half a group of six saints, whose name is indicated in Greek characters, while in the upper part there are Mary and Jesus in Glory, flanked by archangels. The saints depicted are, from left to right: St. Gregory the Great, St. Basil the Great, St. John the bishop, St. Peter the apostle, St. Paul the apostle, St. Andrew the apostle, all important saints in the Orthodox commemorative liturgy. The figures are inscribed in a floral decoration. In the church of the first centuries, the synaxis (from Gr. Sýnaxis: assembly) was the meeting of the faithful for the reading of the sacred books and for the Eucharistic celebration. Sinassi therefore alludes to the presence of a group of people (angels, saints and saints, metropolitans and monks) who surround a central representation, therefore in iconographic art it corresponds to a group of saints or angels that surround Christ or the Madonna to glorify them. In the Orthodox liturgy such icons are usually exhibited and celebrated on the day following that of an important feast in which these Saints were co-protagonists. The icon has small diffuse color drops. Wooden reinforcement on the back. The riza is currently disassembled from the table, it requires a small intervention to get back into shape for reassembly.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 44,5
Width: 37,5
Depth: 5