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Devotional Icon Christ Pantocrator on Wood, Greek Orthodox Tradition
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There are religious objects intended for churches, grand ceremonies, and public view. And then there are these more modest, almost intimate images, that one kept close. This small icon belongs to that second world. Depicted on a genuine wooden board is Christ Pantocrator, one of the fundamental images of Eastern Christian tradition. Christ appears frontally, his gaze turned towards the beholder. His right hand is raised in a gesture of blessing while his left hand supports the open Gospel. The Greek characters discernible on its pages refer to one of the most famous passages from the Gospel according to Saint John: "I am the light of the world; whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." The golden nimbus, now irregular and marked by time, surrounds his face. The muted greens, deep reds, golds, and earthy tones give the whole piece that particular presence of Orthodox images. An iconographic reproduction applied to wood, created in the second half of the 20th century in the tradition of small Greek and Orthodox devotional images. The surface has cracked, certain parts have slightly lifted or worn away, the red borders have lost their regularity, and the bare wood on the reverse has darkened. The object bears the marks of the decades it has lived through. Its very small size, approximately 10 × 6.5 cm, gives it a particularly intimate dimension. An image of this size did not need to be monumental to be significant. It can naturally join a collection of religious art, a cabinet of curiosities, or simply be kept for what it remains: a small image of light on a piece of wood marked by time.
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- Brand: 20eSiecle
- Style: Orthodoxe
- Style: Grecque
- Colour: verts
- Colour: rouges
- Colour: terreuses
- Period: seconde moitié du XXe siècle
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ProfessionalSaint symphorien des bois, FranceOn Whoppah since August 2026 • 0 sales