S452W - The Birth of Jesus Christ
Seriograph icon crafted in canvas with colored background on aged natural wood. With this icon you will receive a free stand. The depiction of Nativity is based on texts of the Bible and the Holy Tradition, that is, the texts that were consigned in writing and verbally, by the Apostles to their successors and so on. The icon of Nativity that is found in the Monastery of Patmos is dated mid of the 16th century and depicts different instants of the Virgin and the Holy Child in swaddling. The total presentation however is simple compared to other icons by the same subject. Centralized in the icon, the rocky mountain with the cave becomes the scenic of the Nativity depicting the Holy Child with the ox and the horse, and the Angels standing on both sides of the cave; the depiction of the Mother kneeling before Him is not a common Orthodox iconography, it is typical however of the Cretan school of the 15th century, having Joseph in the background, to contemplate on his correlate commitment.
Size: 13 x 10
Size: 15 x 8
This icon comes with a small stand and packaged in a jute satchel.
