GOLD BACKGROUND ICON BY VENETIAN MASTER, 16TH CENTURY BYZANTINE CULTURE
Description:
Venetian-Byzantine master, Madonna Hodegetria (Odigitria) 16th century,
Tempera and encaustic painting on gold background panel,
Madonna holding the Child Jesus in her arms, dressed as a little emperor giving a blessing and with a rolled "parchment" that the Virgin points to with her right hand, hence the origin of the epithet.
cm.16.5 x 21
