Focus on Virgin Glykofilousa (Karantinos) and analyze the Description.
The work of art is made of egg tempera paint and gold leaf on a wood panel.  The height is 73 cm (28.7 in) and the width is 65 cm (25.5 in).  It was completed in 1723.  The painting was created in the traditional glykophilousa (Virgin of the sweet kiss) and eleusa Virgin (Virgin of compassion) position.  The Virgin embraces young Jesus in her arms.  The garments are colored in the traditional Greek-Italian Byzantine style.  The work was heavily influenced by the Venetian painting style.The gold of her sumptuous gown is representative of the celestial realm from which she has descended.  The luxuriant patterns and folds of fabric reflect the advancement of both Cretan Renaissance and Heptanese painting styles.  The shadows of the clothing create a more natural realistic setting.  The work strongly resembles Tzangarola's Virgin Glykofilousa with the Akathist Hymn.  In Karadinos's painting the Virgin and Child both have accentuated curved facial features.  The artist implemented a complex shadowing technique.  In both the  Tzangarola and Karadinos the young heavenly infant has very curly hair.          
A small figure appears at the bottom of the painting to our right.  He is Bernardo (Vernardo) Aninou.   The man is wearing a traditional Venetian garment reminiscent of the garments worn on the island of Kefalonia in the 1700s.  The attire reflects his high position in society. Bernardo is also wearing a noble wig.  There is a three-sentence inscription on the left of the small figure.  The Greek writing is as follows: Servant of God Bernardo (Venardos) Aninos, while in the village Komitata a  part of Eriso while sitting in his house, at the sixth hour of the day, a thunderbolt suddenly fell from the sky and killed him he was age 35 in the month of January 24, 1723 (Δούλος τον Θεοϋ βενάρδος ο άνινος ών έν χωρίω Κομιτάτα μέρος Έρίσου έν τώ οϊκω αύτού καθεζόμενος ώρα έκτη τής ημέρας κεραυνός εξαίφνης πεσών εκ τού ουρανού κατέφλεξε και / έθανάτοσεν αυτόν εν έτει τής ήλικίας αυτού 35 έν μηνί Ιανουαρίου 24, 1723).
noble wig Tzangarola Venetian painting Kefalonia Virgin Glykofilousa with the Akathist Hymn Karadinos eleusa