Author: Nicolaus Safuris (Veneto-Cretan School)
Century: XVI°
Church : Church of Santa Maria Formosa
DATE: ante 1571
POSITION: counter-façade – right wall (on map n°7)
METHOD: tempera on panel
The icon was present in Sebastiano Venier’s flagship’s galley during the battle of Lepanto (1571) and was donated to the church by the family’s heirs.
