5917399 Mandylion icon, 1500-50 (tempera on wood) by Byzantine (16th century); 55x89 cm; Slovenska Narodna Galeria, Bratislava, Slovakia; (add.info.: Mandylion with the legend of king Abgar in four scenes, part of an iconostasis in the Orthodox Church of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in the village Lukov - Venecia. King Abgar of Edessa. Abgar sent a messenger to Christ asking to come to cure him of leprosy. Christ refused, but he sent the King a blessed message that finally cured him. A messenger named Ananias painted Christ\'s image on a scarf and it became a holy artifact and the first icon in history.).