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PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER
PORTRAIT OF AN OFFICER
53.50
Unknown (Miniaturist)
late 18th Century
Young officer wearing badges of five different orders and stars of two orders, some of the orders being Russian. Gilt frame forms a pendant and is set in a gilt frame. Under glass at back is a...
PORTRAIT OF LADY TEMPLE KIMBERLEY
PORTRAIT OF LADY TEMPLE KIMBERLEY
53.52
Nathaniel Plimer (After)
ca. 1900
Miniature of a young woman, half-length and facing to the left with her face turned forward. She sits in a landscape with trees shown to the right and leaves shown to the left. She is wearing a...
PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XVII
PORTRAIT OF LOUIS XVII
53.63
Unknown (Miniaturist)
Mid 19th c.-Late 19th c.
Represented in 3/4 length is a young boy with face to front and body turned to the left. He is wearing a blue coat with frilly white collar and cuffs. On his lapel is a star and the red sash of...
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
53.9
Richard Cosway (Attributed to)
18th c.
A half-length portrait of a young woman facing to the left. She wears her hair up. It is powdered grey and dressed high with many curls and with a curl falling over each shoulder. Her dress is...
IVERSKAIA MOTHER OF GOD
IVERSKAIA MOTHER OF GOD
54.25
Unknown
Mid 19th c.
In this small icon of the Iverskaia type, the Mother of God is shown three-quarter length, her right hand pointing to the Christ Child seated in the crook of her left arm and turned slightly...
ICON OF SAINT OLGA
ICON OF SAINT OLGA
54.38
Fabergé (Firm)
1899-1903
The miniature icon shows St. Olga, Grand Duchess of Kiev, holding a gold cross aloft in her right hand and a model of a church with three tall green cupolas on a white cloth in her left. She is...
ST. NIKITA AND THE DEVIL
ST. NIKITA AND THE DEVIL
54.41
Unknown
1600-ca. 1850
One of the functions of the oklad was to embellish out-of-style icons, adapting them to contemporary worldly tastes. Here the spatial realism of the oklad corrects the stylistic weaknesses of the...
ST. NICHOLAS THE MIRACLEWORKER OF MOZHAISK
ST. NICHOLAS THE MIRACLEWORKER OF MOZHAISK
54.68
Unknown
1800-1849
St. Nicholas the Miracleworker is shown full-length with arms outstretched, a short curved sword in his right hand, a model of a church and belltower in his left. He wears a red-lined cope with...
ST. NICHOLAS
ST. NICHOLAS
54.72
Unknown
18th c.
St. Nicholas is depicted bust length, a yellow omophorion with gold crosses and a red and gold brocade felon over his shoulders. His face is long and thin, with a very broad forehead creased with...
GRAND DUKE DMITRI PAVLOVICH OF RUSSIA
GRAND DUKE DMITRI PAVLOVICH OF RUSSIA
56.16
Unknown (Photographer)
1932
The image, in black and white, is on a card, within an oval on which is the number 1837. The subject is shown half-length facing three-quarters to the left, wearing a uniform with epaulets and two...
SNUFF BOTTLE
SNUFF BOTTLE
61.17
Unknown
19th c.
The flat gourd shaped bottle is carved in brownish agate with a few dark brown splotches in the sides. There are two simulated handles carved at each side with a ring suspended from a rosette...
SNUFF BOTTLE
SNUFF BOTTLE
61.44
Unknown
ca. 1800
The red coral bottle is shaped like an ovate rounded bottle with a thin ring foot. On one side is carved a woman walking to the right and carrying a cup aloft in her left hand. Her right hand and...