An Antique Byzantine Icon with Virgin, Christ and Saints

Tempera and gold leaf on panel, unsigned, 19th century; painted with four main images including the Virgin & Child, Christ Pantocrator, the Beheading of John the Baptist and the Unexpected Joy; retains export stamp from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania to verso.

14 x 12 in.

From the Collection of the late Keith Stanley, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies at Duke University, North Carolina

Some rubbing and grime to surface.