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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...
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...
TRIPTYCH KIOT
TRIPTYCH KIOT
54.84.1
Unknown
Early 18th c.
Designed as a case to house a removable icon, the triptych now contains a roughly carved and painted wooden cross set in a gable-shaped panel whose original gilding has been almost effaced. A...
WOODEN CROSS AND TRIPTYCH KIOT
WOODEN CROSS AND TRIPTYCH KIOT
54.84.2
Unknown
19th c.
The roughly carved and painted wooden cross is set in a gable shaped panel whose original gilding has been almost effaced. A sliding lid on the back of the cross opens to reveal a space containing...
KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
KAZAN MOTHER OF GOD
54.85
Unknown (Painter)
1767-1799
The Kazan Mother of God is shown bust length head inclined to the right, the Child three quarter length standing face forward right arm extended, hand in gesture of blessing. She wears a warm...
ST. CATHERINE
ST. CATHERINE
54.86
Unknown
19th c.
The holy great martyr St. Catherine stands on a rocky promentory against a ground of olive green and dark brown. She holds an eight-pointed martyr's cross in her right hand and from her left is...
DIESIS
DIESIS
54.87
Unknown (Painter)
16th c.-19th c.
Small rectangular panel with wide border. Central portion is set much deeper into the panel. In the center of the icon are three bust-length figures: Christ Pantoctator in the center, Mother of...
ST. ALEXIS
ST. ALEXIS
54.88
Unknown
Late 16th c.-Early 17th c.
Small rectangular dome-shaped panel. In the center figure of St. Alexis is shown full-length in 3/4 view. He is holding a book in his left hand. His right hand is raised in the gesture of prayer....