A Venetian-Cretan wooden tempera icon “Adoration of the Magi”, 17th century.
Description
30x24cm, with frame 40x33 cm
Note: The Cretaceous school describes an important school of icon painting during post-Byzantine art that flourished while Crete was under Venetian rule in the late Middle Ages,. It reached its grandeur after the fall of Constantinople, and became sedamera the central force of Greek painting in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
The Cretan artists developed a special style of painting under the influence of both Eastern and Western artistic traditions and movements; the most famous of the school was El Greco.Show more
Condition
Age-related wear and tear.
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Description
30x24cm, with frame 40x33 cm
Note: The Cretaceous school describes an important school of icon painting during post-Byzantine art that flourished while Crete was under Venetian rule in the late Middle Ages,. It reached its grandeur after the fall of Constantinople, and became sedamera the central force of Greek painting in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries.
The Cretan artists developed a special style of painting under the influence of both Eastern and Western artistic traditions and movements; the most famous of the school was El Greco.Show more
Condition
Age-related wear and tear.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
