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Description: A painting brought from Oitylo on the Greek Peloponnese to Cargèse in Corsica by immigrants fleeing the Ottomans in 1675-6. It is now displayed in the Greek church of Saint Spyridon, Cargèse, Corsica. The painting is in egg tempera on a wooden panel and measures 92 x 109 cm. It depicts The Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus and John Chrysostom. It dates from the last quarter of the 17th century. See http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PM2A000092
Title: label QS:Lfr,"les trois hiérarques"
Credit: Undated tourist leaflet issued by the Syndicat d'Initiative (Tourist Office) of Cargèse, Corsica, France. Photo credit: Lucie Mattei-Perrier. Scanned by uploader.
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