Russian icons

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The Ladder of Divine Ascent of St. John Climacus (ca. 1650, Museum of Russian Icons)

the oklad finely chased and repoussé with borders and halo decorated with medieval knot ornament, struck with the maker`s mark initials in Cyrillic A.M.G. the assayer`s mark initials in Cyrillic I.E. 1872, 84 standard. Egg tempera and gesso on wood panel. Two insert splints on top and bottom edges. 26.7 x 22.2 cm (10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in.)

Icon of st.Nicholas patron of sailors and bankers one of the most respected and famous saints. The first of icons is Byzantine ,but I can offer you also Russian, or Bulgarian icons of St.Nicholas, to choose from. As a professional icon painter,I have vast selection of files to show you, and we can choose the one you like most. You can also make a custom order for an icon of another saint.So far ,I have made st.George ,st. Catherine ,and st. Nicholas, but soon I will add more names to this…

the enthroned figure of God the Father holds up the winged, crucified Christ, while the Holy Spirit, in the form of a white dove hovers above him, the starry sky within a radiating mandorla references the Holy Trinity`s omnipotent power, behind the central grouping are four angels standing on rolling clouds. Egg tempera, gold leaf and gesso on wood panel with kovcheg. Two insert splints on the back, one missing, the central section of the other insert splint missing, as well. 120 x 98 cm (47…

19th century Russian icon of the All-Seeing Eye of God, from Nizhny Tagil

egg tempera, gold leaf, and gesso on panel. Two insert splints on edges. 34.4 x 28.4 cm. (13 ½ x 11 ¼ in)PROVENANCEAcquired in Moscow in the 1930's by Dr. Adolphus S. RumreichThence by descentDr. Adolphus S. Rumreich served as the physician at the United States Embassy in Moscow, Russia from 1935 to 1938. While there, he and his wife, Edna Irene Hall Rumreich, assembled a sizeable collection of Russian pre-revolutionary art and books then being sold by the Soviet government. They often…

+JMJ+ Dear fellow artists and friends, I recently finished an icon of the Theotokos, an icon which is called "Hodigitria" or "Our Lady of the Way." Here is a series of photographs I took throughout the process of my icon. I apologize for the poor lighting of some of my photos. I have not yet oiled the icon; once I do, the colors in the icon will appear more deep. In the above picture, I'm sanding the red clay bolle to remove air bubbles and rough spots... theologically, this step reminds us…

Saint Anne shown lying on a bed, Saint Joachim is beside her seated at a table along with a gift bearer. Two midwives are depicted near them, giving the infant Mary a bath. The chased and repoussé gilt silver oklad with engine-turned areas and applied gilt silver haloes; Cyrillic maker`s mark MK and assayer`s mark AL, Moscow town mark dated 1816, 84 standard. Egg tempera, and gesso on a wood panel; two insert splints on top and bottom edges; 33 x 27 cm. (13 x 10 5/8 in.)