Masterpieces of Syro-Christian art, Aleppan icons stand honorably in the history of post-Byzantine art. Far from being a vague memory of a saturated production, they reveal truthful and innovative creativity, extending and vivifying the inherited tradition.

98.5x70.5 cm The place church of Dormition in Aleppo.

Painted by Hanania the son of Neemeh the painter of Aleppo in 1718.

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