17th century French school The Virgin of Mercy. Oil on panel. Oak. Single plate. Captioned in the lower part in French on six lines (partly faded on the last two lines). 52 x 38.3 cm. Old, dirty varnish. Derived from a Byzantine model of the repertoire of icons of the Blessed Virgin, with the Child with the Book, known as the Glykophilous Virgin, found in Flemish painting from the mid-15th century, along with the Virgin of Cambrai (Cf. W.P. Theussen, Icônes de la Sainte Vierge, n° 27 & 67 - Bergaus International 1979).