The Virgin of the Burning Bush was a painting made of egg tempera and gold leaf on a wood panel.

[1] Moses was a biblical figure who received Tablets of Stone inscribed with the Ten Commandments in Mount Sinai, Egypt as written in the Book of Exodus.

In the biblical narrative, Moses was also appointed by Yahweh to lead the Israelites out of Egypt and into Canaan at the Burning Bush.

Palladas features some of Damaskinos's work in the background of his painting of the Egyptian martyr.

The Virgin of the Burning Bush is now in the Monastery of Agia Aikaterini in Heraklion, Crete.

[6] The painting creates a visual story of Moses's encounters with the divine on Mount Sinai incorporating the writings of John of Damascus.

In the center of the image, the Virgin and Child appear enthroned within the Burning Bush (Θεοτόκος ή Βάτις).

To the left of the mountain, Moses strikes the rock with his holy staff and a spring appears for the Israelites to drink.

The final scene is of angels bringing Saint Catherine's body to Jebel Katrina, one of the three peaks of Mount Sinai.

The figures in the foreground of Moses and John of Damascus promote three-dimensionality namely in the drapery folds.