Lot N. 264
Madonna of San Luca, known as Madonna of Nikopeia
18th/19th century
oil on slate, in a contemporary carved and gilded wooden frame with iron reinforcements on the reverse
37x27 cm
It reproduces the 9th century original preserved in the chapel of the same name in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice. According to legend, the work was painted by the Evangelist Luke: for this reason it is particularly venerated by the Venetians
To retire in a villa on the Florentine hills