A Cretan icon of the Six Church Festivals, 16th century

Property from an Important Private Collection

A Cretan icon of the Six Church Festivals, 16th century

painted with six Church Festivals, the arched top panel probably a leaf from a diptych, showing the Nativity, The Presentation in the Temple, the Raising of Lazarus, the Entry into Jerusalem, the Ascension and the Pentecost, painted in traditional late Byzantine style against a gilt ground, with accents on green and red

30.5 x 21.2cm; 12 x 8 5/16 in.