Costas Averkiou (1917-1981)
Charcoal on paper. 40 x 50см
Costas Averkiou is a self-taught artist and engraver. A portrait of a monk at the Stavrovouni monastery in Cyprus. A monk (from Greek: μοναχός, monachos, “single, solitary”…
By Ioannis (John) Kornarou (1745-1812). Icon. Oil on wood. 26.5 x 20 cm
A small icon of Saint George. Little is known about Kornarou. He was of the Cretan School of art and painted many icons in the Holy monastery of Sinha in Egypt as well as in…
By Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Print and woodcut /engraving. 29.5 x 21.3 cm
A print depicting the marriage of the Virgin Mary to Saint Joseph. Dürer was a German painter, engraver, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg and is…
Wood carved. Icon and antique sculpture. 75х70 cm. 19th Century
Angels were created before the visible world and man. As St. Gregory Palamas characteristically says, “God created the angels before us, for us to be sent as deacons". As Paul says,…
Spanish (origin) art. Oil on canvas. 67 x 54 cm. 18th century
A representation of the popular portrayal of the Virgin Mary with her heart being pierced by a sword to show the suffering she endured as a mother in the name of her son and the larger…
Nikolaos Kantounis (1768 – 1834)
Mixed media on cardboard . 43 x 34 cm
An oval painting of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus who is one of the most important artists of the Ionian School. His paintings are considered rare.