A tender, intimate icon composition: the Madonna holding the Child close, rendered with a softened palette, luminous gold halos, and a deliberate sense of age that makes the piece feel discovered rather than made.

Painted on timber boards and finished with an antique patina , this icon panel draws on Byzantine-era conventions - elongated features, gentle asymmetry, and the quiet gravity that iconography carries when it is done properly. The gold halos read like a warm flare against the deep, weathered blues and oxides, while the surface cracking, rubbed edges, and tonal fade are handled as part of the artwork, not an afterthought.

De Ferranti recreates iconographic works using historically informed methods, including mineral and plant-derived pigments and traditional gilding techniques, then grades the distressing to suit the project - from lightly softened to heavily timeworn, as if it has lived through centuries of candlelight.

Suitable as a focus panel, altar wall feature, niche artwork, or a dramatic vertical insert within wood panelling or stone surrounds. Available as a single panel, diptych, or scaled to form part of a larger icon screen installation.