Description
Antiqued Lithograph of the Virgin of Leros
The original miraculous icon of the Virgin is kept in the church of the Virgin of the Medieval Castle in Leros.
At the location of the present-day church of the Virgin in the Castle, there were Turkish gunpowder warehouses at that time. One morning, the Turkish soldiers were astonished to see the icon they had given to the priests and placed in the cathedral on a barrel, with two lamps burning on either side. The commander was angry, assuming that the soldiers had been bribed by the priests, and sent the icon back to the cathedral. However, this happened 3-4 times, and the Turkish commander, furious, took the keys from the soldiers, chained the door of the warehouse, locked it, and took the keys himself.
Antiqued Lithograph: Characteristics
This particular image was created using the lithography technique, which is taught in the iconography workshops of Mount Athos and is also used by several monks to create exceptional works of art. In this case, the monk used a lithographed copy of Byzantine art and completed this work following the traditional method of artificial aging. The lithography technique in iconography is essentially a printing technique.
Origin: Mount Athos
