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SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
54.57
Unknown
16th c.
This icon has once been one of the panels of the Royal Doors. St. John Chysostom is depicted with halo and full beard. He wears a bishop sakkos (dalmatic) of green brocade woven with a pattern of...
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST
SAINT JOHN THE EVANGELIST
54.58
Unknown
ca. 1550
This monumental church icon of Saint John the Evangelist, in which he holds an open Gospel, illustrates the tradition of simple lines, intense colors, and rhythmic forms associated with Russian...
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
ARCHANGEL MICHAEL
54.59
Unknown
18th c.
The full-length frontal figure of Archangel Michael stands on a crescent of greenish clouds above a rolling landscape dotted with small plants. He wears a suit of armor over a short tunic and...
CALENDAR ICON FOR MARCH
CALENDAR ICON FOR MARCH
54.6
Unknown
1600-1700
Icon for one month painted on a panel made of a sheet of paper or parchment and built up with gesso. Background is in gold. In center of front one above the other are three scenes: 1 the...
VLADIMIR MOTHER OF GOD
VLADIMIR MOTHER OF GOD
54.61
Unknown (Painter)
17th Century
This small icon is one copy among thousands made of one of the earliest Byzantine icons brought to Russia in the 1100s. It faithfully reproduces the gesture of tenderness and the expressive...
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...