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DESCENT INTO LIMBO
DESCENT INTO LIMBO
54.62
Unknown
19th c.
Christ stands in a mandorla of horizontal gold rays, trampling the broken Gates of Hell and crushing Satan beneath them. He is dressed in radiant golden robes and holds a furled scroll in his...
DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
54.63
Unknown (Painter)
19th Century
The Mother of God lies in the center of the icon on a bier draped with green brocade, the twelve apostles and St. Paul grouped in mourning at her head and feet. Behind her within an oval mandorla...
BAPTISM OF CHRIST
BAPTISM OF CHRIST
54.64
Unknown
19th c.
Christ stands naked in the River Jordan which flows through the center of a mountainous and verdant landscape. Above His head is the dove of the Holy Ghost and above that God Savaoth in a ring of...
EXALTATION OF THE CROSS
EXALTATION OF THE CROSS
54.65
Unknown
19th c.
In the ambo at the center stands Bishop Makarius of Jerusalem, raising up the eight-ended cross with outstretched arms, while two youthful deacons support him on either side and two acolytes with...
CHRIST OF THE WRATHUL EYE
CHRIST OF THE WRATHUL EYE
54.66
Unknown (Painter)
1600-1917
At first glance, this icon's fine painting and delicate metalwork would mark it as a well-preserved work from the 1600s, but in all likelihood it was painted in one of the training workshops...
PROTECTION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
PROTECTION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
54.67
Unknown (Painter)
19th Century
The full-length figure of the Mother of God floats in mid-air before the exterior of the five-domed Church of the Blachernae in Constantinople, holding out her stole protectively over the heads of...
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. DIMITRII TSAREVICH, ST. ALEKSII METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW, AND ST. CATHERINE
ST. DIMITRII TSAREVICH, ST. ALEKSII METROPOLITAN OF MOSCOW, AND ST. CATHERINE
54.69
Unknown
19th c.
The three saints are painted full length beneath the image of Christ Pantocrator with an orb and billowing draperies, emerging in a burst of light from a bank of dark clouds. Directly beneath...
KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
54.7
Unknown (Painter)
17th-mid 17th Century
This icon is a copy of a miracle-working icon discovered in Kazan in 1579, soon after Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible (reigned 1547-1584), took that city from the Asian inhabitants known...
ANNUNCIATION WITH OKLAD
ANNUNCIATION WITH OKLAD
54.70
Iakov Frolov (Silversmith)
1700-1781
In this very Baroque icon of the Annunciation, the Mother of God kneels in prayer in her bedroom, her prayerbook open on a small table before her, her red-and-green canopied bed in the background,...
NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
54.71
Unknown
18th c.
This miniature icon depicts the Nativity of the Mother of God. Her mother St. Anne is shown half lying on a bed beneath a red coverlet, being tended by a maidservant. A midwife seated at the foot...
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...