The Weifer - Silver image on wood, locally gilded - Mount Athos

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Discover The Weifer - Silver image on wood, locally gilded - Mount Athos, offered by Christianity Art. Find it in Wall reliefs. Materials: Silver, Gold, Wood. The image is painted on a canvas of hagiography, which has been carefully placed on a wooden surface. This method gives durability and a sense of luxury to the final result. The frame that surrounds the image is of silver, with gold plated details that highlight its glow and elegance. The image is accompanied by a support base at no additional cost, facilitating its placement on surfaces. Ideal choice for gift, for use in religious places, or for personal collection. The Viphorus The most important monasteries of Greece, Meteora, the monasteries of Mount Athos, selected excellent illustrators, great artists, to craft their interior, according to Christian tradition. In the 16th century, hagiographers from the famous School of Crete were invited to create temples with the creation of portable icons and built-in paintings. Among the first hagiographers to respond to the call of the monasteries of Mount Athos, was Theophanes the Cretan, who signed some of the most important icons of the monasteries, real treasures for the Athenian state. His creations proved to be a model for later painters. The icons of Theophanis and his two sons, Simeon and Neophytos and students from Crete, such as George, are walled by the Catholic and the bank of J.M. Crosswords of Mount Athos and other Catholic monasteries. In the Monastery of Stavronikita, the icons that were painted with his signature are fifteen. One of these is Vaiophoros, which is one of the icons that compose the Dodekaorto (the twelve most important celebrations of Orthodoxy).