Christ Bearing the Cross, Oil and tempera on wood, gold ground, 27 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (69. 2 x 54. 6 cm), Paintings, Nicolaos Tzafouris (Greek, ca. 1455?1500/1501), Nicholaos Tzafouris was one of the many icon painters working in the city of Candia (now Iraklion) in Crete at the time when Crete was under the control of Venice. The combination of Byzantine and Latin elements seen in many Cretan icons was well received locally and in Italy