Greek Icon

A rare antique Greek Orthodox devotional icon painted on wood panel depicting Saint Basil the Great (Ο Άγιος Βασίλειος), hand-signed by the iconographer I. E. Yrimakis (Ι. Ε. Υριμάκης) and dated 1918, housed in an authentic pegged rustic timber frame.

• Venerated Orthodox Iconography: Portrays Saint Basil the Great (Agios Vasileios), Bishop of Caesarea and Doctor of the Church, depicted with his traditional dark beard and golden halo, raising his right hand in benediction while holding the open Holy Gospel in his left.
• Ecclesiastical Vestments: Richly rendered in traditional hierarchal vestments featuring a red tunic, dark green phelonion, and an embroidered white omophorion adorned with golden crosses and fringed borders.
• Signed, Attributed & Dated (1918): Inscribed in Greek capital letters at the top “Ο ΑΓΙΟΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΟΣ”, and legibly hand-signed and dated in the lower right corner: “Ι. Ε. ΥΡΙΜΑΚΗΣ 1918” (I. E. Yrimakis, 1918).
• Authentic Folk Timber Framing: Mounted in its original pegged rustic pine frame secured with authentic wooden corner dowels and historical nails.
• Cabinet Proportions: Measures 15 x 21 cm (approx. 5.9″ x 8.3″ inches / 0’6″ x 0’8″ feet), an intimate devotional format ideal for an icon corner (kandylostasi), private chapel, study desk, or sacred art collection.
• Historical Sacred Heritage: A poignant early 20th-century Greek ecclesiastical artifact documenting signed religious folk art from the end of the World War I era, preserved with authentic surface patina and age craquelure.