In this artwork, how is the History discussed?
The painting style of the specific icon was adopted from both Titian and Raphael.  Most of the famous Greek painters of the Cretan Renassascne copied either Titian or Tintoretto.  The painting has a detailed history.  The small inscription on the bottom of the work assisted historians in retracing the origin of the icon.  According to the inscription, Bernardo Aninos died suddenly and tragically, from lightning, on January 24, 1723. The event took place inside Bernardο's house, in the village of Komitata, located on the west side of the Erissos peninsula, in the northern part of Kefalonia. The Aninos were one of the largest and most important families of Kefalonia.  There are detailed accounts about the noble family in the Libro d'Oro.  Doctor Janeto Bernardi Aninos was born in 1690 and died thirty-three years later in 1723.  Janeto was the son of Micele Aninos.  He had three children.  The term doctor was used to refer to lawyers.Historical documents reveal valuable information about Bernardo.  He was a lawyer.  According to records, there is an inconsistency related to the year of his birth. According to the inscription, Bernardo died at the age of 35, while according to the Libro d'Oro he was born in 1690, so when he died in 1723 he was 33 years old. The testimony of the image can be considered more reliable because it was recorded immediately after the event.   Bernardo's date of birth was actually two years before it was officially recorded by the Libro d'Oro.  He was born in 1688.  There was another important member of the family named Spyridon Aninos.   He was a teacher and a very important bishop.  The family-owned a church named Saint Spyridon in the  village of Poulata in Sami.Karadinos had a close relationship with the noble family Aninos.  In 1736, an abbot named Raphael Aninos commissioned a work that is nearly identical to the Virgin Glykofilousa.  This is the third and final version associated with Karadinos.  Around this period Karadinos also taught painting to a prominent member of the noble family named Athanasios Aninos (1713-1748).  There was a second painter in the Aninos family named Andreas.  He was also a deacon.
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