Antique painted panel -Sacred family-Cretan Venetian school 16th century

Antique oil painting on panel depicting the Madonna and Child and St. Joseph . Cretan Venetian school dating from the 16th century- The Cretan-Venetian (or post-Byzantine) school is a painting movement that flourished in Crete under the rule of the Serenissima (1204-1669), characterized by the fusion of Byzantine icons and Venetian Renaissance influences. This production, active between the 15th and 17th centuries, fuses Eastern tradition with Italian colors and volumetry. Iconography: Developed between the late 15th and 17th centuries, with Crete as the driving center. Style: Fusion of Eastern tradition (gold background, hieraticism) and Venetian stylistic forms. Themes: Virgin Odigitria, Glikophilousa, Galaktotrophousa. Technique: Predominantly tempera on panel, with influence of Venetian painting (often with intense colors and highlights). Artists: The Cretan-Venetian context formed painters who united the two artistic worlds. The works of this period represent a unique artistic language, born of the absorption of Venetian stylistic innovations by Orthodox artists working on the island. The panel has pictorial restorations especially feet of the infant Jesus and hand of Joseph- MIS. H.52 CM -WIDTH 43.5 CM -THICKNESS 1.5 CM