RUSSIAN ICONS

The Eastern Orthodox tradition of icon painting dates back to the Byzantine era.  During the Comnenian period of the 11th and 12 centuries, the availability of rich materials such as mosaics, ivory, and enamels, led to the widespread production of symbolic religious pictures.  Following the conversion of the Russian Empire to Christianity in 988 A.D., the creation of distinctly Russian icons flourished. These pictures, typically painted on wood and incorporating rich materials such as gold leaf, employ a rich stylistic vocabulary and elaborate religious symbolism intended to elevate the faithful into a transcendent, spiritual realm.

The Vladimir Mother of God
Macedonian School
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
20th century
10 x 7-5/8 inches
20247
SOLD

Christ Pantocrator with Apostles
and Two Saints
Artist: Zahiar Yevdakemov
Egg tempera and silver leaf on wood panel
Mid 19th century
11-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches
20259
SOLD

Christ Pantocrator
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
19th century
12 x 9-7/8 inches

20428
$800

The Transfiguration of Christ (with Archangels)
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
Early 18th century
12-1/4 x 10-3/8 inches
20429
$1600.

Madonna and Child with Archangel
Michael and Archangel Gabriel
Ukrainian School
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
Late 18th or early 19th century
13 x 10-1/4 inches
20266
$950

The Resurrection with Festivals 
(Scenes from the Life of Christ)
Ukrainian School(?)
Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood panel. 19th century
10-3/8 x 8-5/8 inches
20421
SOLD

Saint Makariy
Artist: Malevanid Mariid(rov)?
Central Russia. 
Fryzhskaya Style ("Academic" or "Italian" painting)
Egg tempera on wood panel.
Late 19th century
14 x 12-1/4 inches
20249
SOLD.