Orthodox Icon Representing Saint Kyriaki (αγία κυριακή) - 19th - Greece (balkans)

Greek icon of Saint Kyriaki - painting on wood signed and dated 1888

Description

Religious icon depicting Saint Kyriaki (Αγία Κυριακή), depicted full-length, nimbed and crowned, holding a martyrdom branch.

Painting done in tempera on wood panel, characteristic of 19th-century Greek devotional productions.
The treatment is frontal, hieratic, with a sober palette and stylized landscape background.

The work bears several inscriptions in Greek:
- subject identification: Αγία Κυριακή (Saint Kyriaki)
- pious formula: "servant of God"
- signature: "Χείρ Ιωάννου" (in the hand of Ioannis)
- dating: 1888

These elements confirm a Greek or Balkan workshop production, with an authentic character.

Condition:

Usage wear, cracks, minor alterations, consistent condition

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