Byzantine icon Christ Pantocrator 24x18 cm hand painted on wood
Byzantine icon Christ Pantocrator 24x18 cm hand painted on wood.
Religious icon painted in Romania on fir wood, according to the Byzantine techniques of the 16th century.
The Pantocrator, "the One who supports the being within himself" the Almighty, the Rex mundi, is depicted half-length, with his right hand raised in an act of blessing, while the left holds an open book, symbol of his Law. The purple robe (the color of the emperors) expresses the lordship of Christ over the world and, according...
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Byzantine icon Christ Pantocrator 24x18 cm hand painted on wood.
Religious icon painted in Romania on fir wood, according to the Byzantine techniques of the 16th century.
The Pantocrator, "the One who supports the being within himself" the Almighty, the Rex mundi, is depicted half-length, with his right hand raised in an act of blessing, while the left holds an open book, symbol of his Law. The purple robe (the color of the emperors) expresses the lordship of Christ over the world and, according to popular tradition, the affirmation of his divinity, while the blue cloak is the sign of humanity assumed by him in the incarnation.
