Russian Icons Archive

. Please if you have any questions contact me here. .   . MG9380 and MG9381: Russian Stavrothek (Procession cross)   The recto shows Christ crucified with worshiping angels and- the image of the Holy Mandulion. On the verso on the horizontal beam of the cross we see the Deesis. The vertical beam on the

. If you have any questions please contact me here. . . IMG 5116 Antique Russian Wooden Icon Depicting the Birth of the Virgin Central Russian Revival icon depicting the Birth of The Virgin, 19th century. Revival icons are painted in the 19th century in an earlier style. This icon reflects the 16th century way of icon

. Please if you have any questions contact me here. .     HVB9081 Antique Russian Wooden Icon – The Mother of God of Smolensk This 18th century Russian icon depicts the Mother of God Hodigitria (She shows the way) of Smolensk. The Smolenskaja is a variant of the Hodigitria Mother of God, from Byzant

. If you have any questions please contact me here. .     MG9361: Very classical Russian wooden icon depicting the Holy Mandulion Produced in an Old Believers workshop. Mid 19th century. In the background and in the cross halo of Christ, we see the orginal levkas. Dimensions: 25,6 x 31,3 cm.    Classical Russian Wooden Icons

. If you have any questions please contact me here. .     005_Russian icon – The Mother of God of the Burning Bush     This complicated iconography is based on Moses vision told in Exodus chapter 3. The Mother of God is depicted holding the Infant Jesus, placed in a star with 4

. If you have any questions please contact me here. .   MG 5346: RUSSIAN ENAMELLED PILGRIMS ICON DEPICTING A FOUNDRESS OF A CONVENT FOR WOMEN   This small enemelled Icon shows a foundress of a convent for Women in the Russian wilderness. These Pilgrims souvenirs were made in convents to sell to the Pilgrims.

. If you have any questions please contact me here.     HVB7333: Prophet Ezechiel and the Feast of the Birth of the Virgin This icon taken from an iconostasis depicting the new born Child. The whole scene is set in a Byzantine style architecture. The proud father St.Joachim watches the scene with visible delight.

    8A RUSSIAN ICON DEPICTING SAINT NICOLAS THE SAVIOR OF MOZAISK This impressive Icon, shows St.Nicolas as the Savior of Mozaisk. In one hand he holds a model of the city, in the other a sword, he used to chase away the Tartar invaders, who time and again were sacking Mozaisk. Christ and the

  Icon depicting the archangel Gabriel holding a discus with XC (Christos) early 17th century in a Moscow school frame late 17th century with The Holy Mandulion flanked by angels and the sun and the moon. In the frame left a soldier saint possibly Saint John and below him an unidentified saint who has been

.   031 Icon_ Russian icon from an iconostasis depicting the prophet Aaron, second half 17th century, 6x50cm   The prophet Aaron is here depicted with a twig of an almond tree. We can find this symbol of new life back in the book Numeri 17, verse 23. This icon once was part of the