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PORTABLE ICONOSTASIS
PORTABLE ICONOSTASIS
54.18
Unknown (Painter)
18th Century
Central panel has ogee gable, while at each side are four such ogee panels which are cut down the middle, the two sections folding over the central panel for ease in transporting or storing. In...
AZOV MOTHER OF GOD
AZOV MOTHER OF GOD
54.19
Unknown (Painter)
1775-1780
This rare icon reflects Russia's long struggle with Turkey for control of the port of Azov and strategic naval access to the Black Sea. Its prototype was created to celebrate Peter the Great's...
OLD TESTAMENT TRINITY
OLD TESTAMENT TRINITY
54.2
Unknown
Late 16th c.-Early 17th c.
This large icon represents the Holy Trinity as three angels who appeared to Abraham and Sarah near their home by the oaks of Mamre, and foretold the birth of their son Isaac (Genesis 18: 1-16)....
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...
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...
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...
MOTHER OF GOD "PLEDGE OF SINNERS"
MOTHER OF GOD "PLEDGE OF SINNERS"
54.27
Unknown (Painter)
1849
The Mother of God is depicted half-length and slightly turned towards the Christ Child seated on Her left arm. He clasps her right hand between both of his hands (her thumb in his right hand, her...
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...