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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...
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...
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Thirty two miniature scenes with inscriptions originally made up this silver-mounted carved wood triptych, three of which are now missing.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...