-40%
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.
Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.

Antique Russian ICON “VIRGIN Of SMOLENSK”.Late 17- Early 19 century.

$ 2639.47

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Featured Refinements: Antique Russian Icon
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    ANTIQUE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX ICON
    VIRGIN OF SMOLENSK .
    The icon was painted much earlier than the cover (OKLAD) of the icon (1812, 1821).The cover was ordered later, for the finished icon of the 17 century. Icon- Moscow school.
    Material : 84 silver , egg tempera, the wooden panel of the icon is processed with the help of an ax .
    The most stern and solemn variant of the Virgin Hodegetria. It’s chief distinction from an iconographic point of view is that the CHRIST- CHILDi is depicted full - face. The name comes from the fact that the icon , which legend says was brought to Russia from Byzantium, was kept from the twelfth century in the Assumption Cathedral in the city of Smolensk. In the fifteenth century the icon was in Moscow for a time, kept in the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kremlin, but in 1465 it was returned to the people of Smolensk. Imagine of the VIRGIN OF SMOLENSK became particularly popular in the sixteenths century after Smolensk was incorporated into the Muscovite state and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Smolensk was constructed in the Novodevichy Convent outside Moscow.
    Late 17Century - Early 19 century.
    Nice composition, color and style, good condition
    Egg Tempera SIZE : 10 x 11,5 in, 250 x 295 mm
    Shipped with First Class USPS Service