An icon of the Panagia Glykophilousa from Kephalonia in the Byzantine Museum, Athens
Abstract
The portable icon with the Virgin Glykophilousa has been listed among the recent acquisitions of the Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens. The icon was bought from the Kephalonian family of Psemenatos in 1992. It depicts the Virgin in the iconographic type of the Glykophilousa, whereas at the lower register of the icon there is a three-verse inscription, the representation of the deceased Bernard Aninos and the day of his passing, 24 January 1723. The iconographic analysis of the subject offers information on the latter which originates from the Italian Renaissance, on its appropriation by the Cretan icon workshops and finally on its popularity in Kephalonia during the 18th and 19th centuries. The stylistic features of the icon attribute this work probably to Andreas Karantinos a student of Stefanos Tzankarolas.
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ΚΑΤΣΕΛΑΚΗ Α. (1999). An icon of the Panagia Glykophilousa from Kephalonia in the Byzantine Museum, Athens. Deltion of the Christian Archaeological Society, 20, 375–384. https://doi.org/10.12681/dchae.1224
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