Athos Holy Mount

Athonite Paper Icons	4.3 The Virgin Hodegetria 1770 Collection of Simonopetra Monastery Reverse of a double-sided engraved copperplate 36.5 x 26.6 cm Engraved on Mount Athos Engraver: Unknown
	The Virgin is depicted holding the Christ Child on her right arm, in the type of the Hodegetria. Christ has his right hand raised in blessing, while in the left he holds a closed scroll. The Virgin's halo is decorated with a triangular design. The border of the representation has a floral ornamentation, and in its lower left part the date 1770 is hardly discernible. The work shows western influence; if its unknown creator was an Athonite, then this is the earliest dated engraving produced on the Holy Mount. The oldest named Athonite engraver is the monk Parthenios from Elassona, whose known works are dated between 1779 and 1782.
	Bibliography: Papastratou 1986, no. 108.
	H.I.S.
	Index of exhibits of Monastery of Simonopetra 18th century

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