Polychrome Rectangular Icon on Panel

Polychrome rectangular icon on panel, about the beheading of Saint Christopher of Lycia, "the reprobate giant" who according to tradition made Christ cross the river on his shoulders. Nice naive popular representation (the costume of the executor is clearly Turkish & the soldiers Roman). The winged cherub in the heavens carrying palm symbolizes the child carried over the waters, the ferryman's house lower left.Greek work from the first part of the 19th century. Fair general condition despite paint swings, scratches and wear of time. Dimensions 26 x 20 cm.