Holy Family – Antique Lithograph – Mount Athos

Description

Antique Lithograph with the Holy Family

The Holy Family in Christianity is the family consisting of the Divine Infant Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph the Mentor.

Antique Lithography: Characteristics

This particular image has been created with the technique of lithography, which is taught in the iconography workshops of Mount Athos and at the same time is used by several monks to create excellent works of art.In this particular case the monk used a lithographed copy of Byzantine art and crafted this work following the traditional method of artificial aging. The technique of lithography in iconography is essentially a printing technique.

Origin: Mount Athos