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A precise copy of Byzantine wood icon of Saint George, on real canvas.
The icon has color and gold printing with authentic cracks.
"St. George is most commonly depicted in early icons, mosaics and frescos wearing armour contemporary with the depiction, executed in gilding and silver colour, intended to identify him as a Roman soldier. After the Fall of Constantinople and the association of St George with the crusades, he is more often portrayed mounted upon a white horse. At the same time St George began to be associated with St. Demetrius, another early soldier saint. When the two saints are portrayed together mounted upon horses, they may be likened to earthly manifestations of the archangels Michael and Gabriel. St George is always depicted in Eastern traditions upon a white horse and St. Demetrius on a red horse[6] St George can also be identified in the act of spearing a dragon, unlike St Demetrius, who is sometimes shown spearing a human figure, understood to represent Maximian." (wikipedia)
Byzantine Religious Icon, Color and Gold Painting on Wood: Saint George
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| Size | 4.8``x4`` (12x10.5cm) |
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