Icon of the Virgin's Protection - Lot 110

Icon of the Virgin's Protection In the upper part, in the clouds, the Virgin extends her veil in protection. Left and right, kneeling saints with an angel and a holy bishop (?) in the foreground, surmounted by Christ Pantocrator. In the lower section, a scene in the Church of Blachernes, with Romain le Mélode on the platform in the center, Emperor Leo (VI), Empress Theophanô, Saint Taraise (Patriarch of Constantinople) and another saint on the left, and Saint André de Salos and his disciple Epiphane on the right. Second half of the 19th century. Tempera on wood, with a frame painted with a frieze of stylized flowers. (The figures depicted are not always well fixed). 31 x 26.5 cm