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VLADIMIR MOTHER OF GOD
VLADIMIR MOTHER OF GOD
54.20
Unknown (Painter)
1849
The Mother of God wears a brown maphorion with a gold border and gold star on the left shoulder and forehead. Christ, dressed in a red hymation with yellow painted drapery folds over a white...
AKHTYRKA MOTHER OF GOD
AKHTYRKA MOTHER OF GOD
54.21
Aleksei Utkin (Silversmith)
1853
The youthful Mother of God is shown half-length, turned to her left in deep contemplation of the small crucified Christ before her, her hands joined in prayer. Her head is uncovered and her dark...
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
54.22
Unknown (Painter)
1860
Christ is depicted half-length, fully facing the viewer, with his right hand raised in blessing and the gospel, opened to the passage "Come unto me all who labor and are heavy laden" (Mark 11:26),...
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
54.23
Dmitrii Orlov (Silversmith)
1862
The half-length figure of Christ Pantocrator is painted in an Academic style popular in the mid 19th century. His blue eyes, red-rimmed and edged with feathery lashes, look directly at the viewer....
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR (OKLAD)
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR (OKLAD)
54.24
Unknown
1862
The half-length figure of Christ Pantocrator directly faces the viewer, his head turned very slightly towards his right hand raised in blessing, while his left holds a scepter between thumb and...
ST. ALEXEI, METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW
ST. ALEXEI, METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW
54.26
Unknown (Painter)
1899-1906
St. Aleksei, Metropolitan of Moscow, is depicted half-length, his right hand raised in blessing and his left holding a closed gospel protected by a cloth. His long thin face is painted in an...
ICON OF THE RESURRECTION AND THE TWELVE GREAT FEASTS OF THE CHURCH
ICON OF THE RESURRECTION AND THE TWELVE GREAT FEASTS OF THE CHURCH
54.28
Fedor Stroganov (Silversmith)
1857
The Orthodox iconography for the Resurrection is the Descent into Hell. Here the artist has adopted the Western interpretation of the event, with Christ actually rising from the tomb. According to...
ICON OF THE ELEVATION OF THE TRUE CROSS
ICON OF THE ELEVATION OF THE TRUE CROSS
54.29
Fabergé (Firm)
1886-1898
The back of the triptych is light colored birchwood and the front is painted. Central section has a scene of St. Macarius of Jerusalem raising the True Cross with St. Helena on his left. The lower...
IVERSKAIA MOTHER OF GOD
IVERSKAIA MOTHER OF GOD
54.30
Unknown (Painter)
late 19th Century
This icon is a copy of one of Moscow's most venerated icons, the Iverskaia Mother of God, which was brought to Russia in 1648 from the Iberian Monastery in Greece. The icon was installed in its...
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
54.31
Andrei Aleksandrov (Silversmith)
1867-1999
The half-length figure of Christ Pantocrator faces the viewer, his right hand raised in blessing, his left holding an open gospel bearing the text "I give unto you a new testament to love one...
MADONNA AND CHILD
MADONNA AND CHILD
54.32
Ia. F. Mishukova (Artist)
1900-1933
In this unusual and as yet unidentified type the half-length figure of the Mother of God cradles the reclining Christ Child in her arms. Turning to her right and leaning slightly forward, She...
ST. GURII, ST. SAMON, AND ST. AVIV
ST. GURII, ST. SAMON, AND ST. AVIV
54.33
Firm of Iakov Mishukov (Maker)
1800-1896
With the rise of the nationalist sentiment and renewed interest in Russia's medieval past in the 1800s, the refined miniature painting and sumptuous metalwork of the 1600s made a fashionable...