ICON OF ST. ANTIPAS
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The half-length figure of St. Antipas is shown frontally, his right hand raised in blessing, his left clutching a closed book. He wears a richly ornamented sakkos with an omophorion. A plain halo frames his helmet of thick curls and a long pointed beard falls onto his chest. In three medallions above his head are Christ Not Made by Hands, the Mother of God, and John the Baptist representing the Deesis. The background is filled with a floral decoration and the border has a vine rinceau meeting in a rosette at bottom center. Touches of dark blue and white enamel in background. There is a blind knop on the upper edge.
- Object name:
- ICON OF ST. ANTIPAS
- Made from:
- Brass -- enamel
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 10 x 10 cm, 0.4 cm (3 15/16 x 3 15/16 in., 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.45
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION on front: "SSHENNO M ANTIPEI" "MR FU" "IS KHS" "IOANN ?"
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973