A CRETAN SCHOOL CROSS, CIRCLE OF EMMANUEL LOMBARDOS (OR LAMPARDOS, 1567-1631), LATE 16TH CENTURY

A CRETAN SCHOOL CROSS, CIRCLE OF EMMANUEL LOMBARDOS (OR LAMPARDOS, 1567-1631), LATE 16TH CENTURY painted in tempera and gold on wood for the Levantine Melkite Christian market, centred by The Crucifixtion flanked by angels collecting the Blood of Christ, the Evangelists in the shaped terminals, each titled in Greek to top John, Mark, Luke and Matthew holding open their Gospels in Arabic script, all in a corded border, shaped foliate rim and ball terminals, 127.5 x 98.5cm Provenance: Nikki Con

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127,5 × 98,5 cm