Greek Icon with Nativity and Other Scenes
18th century AD. A wooden icon with carved palmettes and cross above, twisted lateral columns and volute scrolls to the lower edge; painted central panel with nativity scene beneath a tiled roof with donkey and bull looking on, three Magi arriving on horseback to the right and angels flying to the left, figural scenes below with Mary and Martha at a well and two bearded men in conversation. See Weizmann, K. et al. The Icon, New York, 1982. 4.6 kg, 59 x 32.5cm (23 1/4 x 12 3/4"). From a London collection; acquired from Spain in the 1980s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.
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18th century AD. A wooden icon with carved palmettes and cross above, twisted lateral columns and volute scrolls to the lower edge; painted central panel with nativity scene beneath a tiled roof with donkey and bull looking on, three Magi arriving on horseback to the right and angels flying to the left, figural scenes below with Mary and Martha at a well and two bearded men in conversation. See Weizmann, K. et al. The Icon, New York, 1982. 4.6 kg, 59 x 32.5cm (23 1/4 x 12 3/4"). From a London collection; acquired from Spain in the 1980s.
Condition Report: Fine condition.