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269: 253: 281: 237:. The Virgin is floating in the air and she is propped up by a small tree, at the bottom of the tree Jesse is depicted as the root and he is labeled by a Greek inscription Ιεσσαί. Jesse the father of David can trace his lineage to Abraham. The Virgin is wearing a lavish costume with intricate ornamentation. Five angel heads are floating above the Virgin Mary while she is touching both of her parent's hands in an act of reassurance and affection. A religious figure on a balcony addresses an audience the figure is possibly 43: 229:. Saint Anne is wearing her traditional Byzantinesque orange tunic and both Joachim and Saint Anne are long slender and sculpturesque. The facial dimensions of the painting reflect a more refined realism of the Late Cretan School compared to the Early Cretan School works of Angelos. The work is a clear depiction of the integration of 224:
is a tempera painting on gold leaf and wood panel. The height is 72.4 in (183.8 cm) and the width is 49.8 in (126.4 cm). The work was completed in 1644 before the painter migrated from Crete to Corfu where he spent eight years. The work follows the traditional Greek Italian Byzantine painting style
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and his name is associated with many artistic renditions of biblical family trees. The original use of the family tree is known as the Tree of Jesse and it is a schematic representation of genealogy and originated in a passage from the biblical
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where he completed a large number of his works. By that time Flemish Engravings heavily influenced Greek painters within the Venetian Empire. Tzanes belongs to the Late
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as its root. The Tree of Jesse has appeared numerous times in Greek Italian Byzantine art and one notable work featuring the Virgin Mary was completed by
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is part of the collection of the Hellenic Institute of Venice and is located in Venice, Italy.(
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The Icons of the Greek Brotherhood of Venice from 1600 to First Half of the 20th Century
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Tree of Jesse Iconography in Northern Europe in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
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183.8 cm × 126.4 cm (72.4 in × 49.8 in)
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were painters. Tzanes eventually settled in Venice and was a priest at
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The Tree of Life and Arboreal Aesthetics in Early Modern Literature
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Child Virgin Mary, Saints Anne, Joachim, and Abraham
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Institute for Neohellenic Research. 379: 7: 356:from the original on August 15, 2024 225:and was influenced by the works of 14: 350:"The Vine of the Virgin (Detail)" 336:Hatzidakis & Drakopoulou 1997 138:is a tempera painting created by 279: 267: 251: 591:The Vine of the Virgin (Tzanes) 107:Hellenic Institute of Venice, 1: 743:Paintings by Emmanuel Tzanes 738:Cretan Renaissance paintings 119:Hellenic Institute of Venice 16:Painting by Emmanuel Tzanes 759: 416:Tselenti-Papadopoulou 2002 392:Tselenti-Papadopoulou 2002 260:Saint Anne with the Virgin 501:Bladen, Victoria (2021). 40: 26: 524:Green, Susan L. (2019). 189:of the Virgin Mary with 530:. 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Index


Emmanuel Tzanes
Movement
Cretan school
Venice
Emmanuel Tzanes
Konstantinos Tzanes
Marinos Tzanes
San Giorgio dei Greci
Cretan School
Heptanese School
Jesse of Bethlehem
King David
Book of Isaiah
Jesus Christ
Virgin Mary
Davidic line
Jesse
Victor
Tree of Jesse
Matthew 1:1
Angelos Akotantos
Venetian painting
Maniera greca
Zacharias
Saint Anne with the Virgin
Saint Anne with the Virgin
Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary, and Christ
Tree of Jesse
Tree of Jesse

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