Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Paintings each painting is inset into

each painting is inset into an oval gilded rabbet channel & an incised carved panel around the oval frame

to the background is a temple building

Abril was born in 1923

his studio works retained a traditional

made in Paris circa 1880

Antique 19th C Greek Orthodox Icon Virgin Mary & Jesus St. George & Dragon 1800 Paintings each painting is inset intoSOLD A large & fine antique early 19th century hand painted & gilded Greek Orthodox icon, egg tempera on panel, circa 1800. The icon with a central figural group of the Virgin & Jesus, the heavens above them with God & Jesus looking down, flanked with angels seated on clouds. The Virgin is surrounded by saints in gilded cartouches with Greek caligraphy, the Virgin also with a long ribbon with Greek caligraphy. The base with four panels; the two