Romanian icon Virgin Glykophilousa 44x32 cm with Child gold background

Romanian icon Virgin Glykophilousa 44x32 cm with Child gold background.
Madonna and Child on a gold background. "Sweet kissing" belongs to the iconographic type "Glikofilusa". Baby Jesus has his face attached to his mother, in a gesture of great tenderness. In this icon, the Most Holy Mother of God seems to embrace him better than in other icons, and his expression is more affectionate. Icon painted entirely by hand in Romania according to the ancient Byzantine painting techniqu