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PORTABLE ICONOSTASIS
PORTABLE ICONOSTASIS
54.73
Unknown (Painter)
c. 1700
This folding shrine replicates in miniature the iconostasis, the screen of icons separating the sanctuary from the nave in Eastern churches. For Old Believer sects, who were not allowed to...
WOOD TRIPTYCH
WOOD TRIPTYCH
54.74
Unknown
1800-1830
Thirty two miniature scenes with inscriptions originally made up this silver-mounted carved wood triptych, three of which are now missing. In the center of the square middle panel is the...
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
54.75
Unknown
1839
In this half-length, frontal image Christ's left hand rests on top of an orb cushioned by clouds while his right is raised in blessing. His oval face is modelled with a western understanding of...
RESURRECTION WITH THE TWELVE GREAT FEASTS OF THE CHURCH
RESURRECTION WITH THE TWELVE GREAT FEASTS OF THE CHURCH
54.76
Unknown (Painter)
mid 19th Century
At the center of the icon is the Resurrection, painted in a miniature style with flame-shaped mountains and an almond-shaped mandorla with chrysography rays and stars. A gold border with...
KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
54.77
Vasilii Sergeevich Sikachev (Maker)
1850-1899
The Mother of God is shown bust length, her head inclined slightly towards the Christ Child standing before her. The child looks directly out at the viewer. His right hand is raised in blessing,...
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
CHRIST PANTOCRATOR
54.78
Unknown
1875-1900
Christ is shown half length with his right hand raised in blessing and holding in his left hand the Gospels open at the text "Come unto me all who labor and are heavy burdened and I will give thee...
MOTHER OF GOD "JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE" WITH GUARDIAN ANGEL
MOTHER OF GOD "JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE" WITH GUARDIAN ANGEL
54.79
Unknown
Late 18th c. (?)
The Mother of God "Joy to All Who Grieve" stands full length in the upper central zone of the icon, a scepter in her right hand and an unfurled scroll draped over her left arm. An almond-shaped...
NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
54.8
Unknown (Painter)
16th-17th Century
Three scenes from the early life of the Mother of God are depicted in this icon. In the upper register Joachim kneels on a wooded hillside and Anna within a crenellated walled garden, both...
ST. CYRILL AND ST. METHODIUS
ST. CYRILL AND ST. METHODIUS
54.80
Unknown
Late 19th c.
Two saints dressed as Fathers of the Church and holding scrolls. They are identified by inscriptions as Saints Cyril and Methodius, who first converted the Slavs. Above is the head of Christ....
MOTHER OF GOD "JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE" (WITH COINS)
MOTHER OF GOD "JOY TO ALL WHO GRIEVE" (WITH COINS)
54.81
Unknown
1888-1917
The Mother of God stands full length against a wedgewood blue sky, the ground beneath her cinnamon pink and two tall palm fronds framing her. She wears a brown maphorion with yellow border over a...
ST. PARASKEVA PIATNITSA
ST. PARASKEVA PIATNITSA
54.82
Unknown
1875-1900
The humblest of all icons was the small, quickly painted image produced as a souvenir of a pilgrimage to a famous monastery or to invoke the protection of a particular saint. Although...
ST. VARLAAM KHUTINSKY
ST. VARLAAM KHUTINSKY
54.83
Unknown
1800-1900
The Novgorod miracleworker St. Varlaam stands to the right on a brown hillock overlooking the Volkhova river and the Transfiguration monastery which he founded in the 12th century at Khutin near...