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