Christ Enthroned (Tzanes)

Christ Enthroned is a tempera icon by Emmanuel Tzanes, a Greek painter of the late Cretan school.

[3] Depictions of Christ enthroned were common among Italian and Greek Byzantine painters, who produced many versions of the theme.

Tzanes's composition includes symbols of the Four Evangelists around the throne, making it a notable example of a pairing which occurs frequently in paintings of the Cretan and Heptanese schools.

The painting resembles Angelos Akotantos's treatment of the same subject, being of equivalent height and employing similar colors for the throne and costume of Jesus.

Tzanes made the tunic pink instead of red, and widened the throne, creating more space for the celestial figure.