Virgin Mary Glykilisousa - Silver image on wood, locally gilded - Mount Athos

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Explore Virgin Mary Glykilisousa - Silver image on wood, locally gilded - Mount Athos from Christianity Art. Listed under Wall reliefs. Materials: Silver, Gold, Wood. Image painted on canvas on wood, with silver coating and local gold plated. The image is accompanied by a free support base. Virgin Mary Glycosherousa One of the most intimate depictions of the Virgin Mary. Cretan hagiographers of the 15th and 16th used to reproduce the image with a more popular version that of Emmanuel Lombardus – a great painter of post-Byzantine icons – who lived in the second half of the 16th century. The original is exhibited at the Benaki Museum.