800 - A LARGE AND FINE ICON DEPICTING THE MADRE DELLA CONSOLAZIONE; Venetian-Cretan, early 16th century; tempera on a wood panel. Painted on a gold ground. The Mother of God is depicted in half-length, wearing a blue tunic and a purple maphorion fastened at the chest, with a transparent white veil draped over her hair. Christ’s orange mantle is decorated with fine gold lines, and the hems of the Mother of God’s mantle are adorned with refined pseudo-Kufic motifs. Minor losses along the edges; areas of retouching. 53.8 x 44 cm (with frame).

A LARGE AND FINE ICON DEPICTING THE MADRE DELLA CONSOLAZIONE; Venetian-Cretan, early 16th century; tempera on a wood panel. Painted on a gold ground. The Mother of God is depicted in half-length, wearing a blue tunic and a purple maphorion fastened at the chest, with a transparent white veil draped over her hair. Christ’s orange mantle is decorated with fine gold lines, and the hems of the Mother of God’s mantle are adorned with refined pseudo-Kufic motifs. Minor losses along the edges; areas of retouching. 53.8 x 44 cm (with frame). LARGE-SCALE, DELICATE ICON DEPICTING THE MADRE DELLA CONSOLAZIONE Veneto-Cretan, early 16th century. Single panel. Egg tempera on a chalk ground, gold ground, halos ornamentally punched. 53.8 x 44 cm (with frame). A full-panel depiction of the half-figure Mother of God facing left. She wears the traditional dark blue undergarment as well as a dark red maphorion, structured by white folds and featuring gold-embroidered hems. In her right arm, she holds the Christ Child, who has raised his right hand in a gesture of blessing. Loss of paint along the edges; partial retouching.