Icons auctions
Technique: painting on wood.Material: wood, polychrome.Origin: Eastern Christian tradition.Date: 19th/20th century.Dimensions: 36 × 27 cm. An icon depicting Saint Nicholas of Myra (Nicholas the Wonderworker) —one of the most venerated saints of the Eastern and Western Churches, and the patron saint of, among others, sailors, travelers, and children. The saint is depicted in full face, in ac...
oil on panel, with one sponge embedded in the back of the panel; 53.5 x 43.3 x 2.8 cm. Russia, mid-19th century. The Savior in a Deesis composition. The Deesis motif is taken from the iconostasis, where it is the most significant depiction. In Greek, “Deesis” means intercession or intercessory prayer; thus, this scene visualizes the intercession of the Saints. At the center is the figure o...
tempera, wood panel, chalk-and-gypsum ground; 29.2 x 23 x 1.2 cm. Russia, 19th century. This type of depiction presents Christ as the Ruler and Judge of the World (in Greek, “Pantokrator” means “Almighty,” “Lord of All”) and symbolizes the promise of salvation. Jesus Christ has his right hand raised in a gesture of blessing, while in his left hand he holds a closed Book. The arrang...
tempera, wood panel, chalk-and-plaster ground; embossed, silver-plated brass shell (with scuffs); 27 x 22.5 x 2.4 cm; Russia, 19th century This icon belongs to the Hodegetria type of Marian icons (from the Greek: “She Who Shows the Way”). In these depictions, the Mother of God is the Hodegetria, pointing with a gesture of her hand toward Jesus Christ as the Way to the Father. However, in t...
tempera on wood; 14 x 18 x 2 cm. Russia, 19th–20th centuries. In the center, on a richly decorated purple bed, lies the Virgin Mary in a dark red maforion; above the bed stands the figure of Jesus Christ in a golden mandorla, surrounded by angels; Christ holds the soul of the Mother of God in his left hand in the form of an infant wrapped in white; around the bed, in two compact groups, stan...
tempera, wood panel, chalk-and-plaster ground, silver leaf glazed with gold; 9 x 7.1 x 1.5 cm. Russia, 19th century. A half-length portrait of the saint, viewed from the front, blessing with his right hand, clad in dark monastic robes featuring cross motifs. The saint’s nimbus is framed by a beaded ornament; at shoulder height, in separate panels, there are faded explanatory inscriptions in ...
tempera, wood panel, chalk-and-plaster ground, silver leaf; 31 x 27 x 2 cm; Russia, early 20th century (after 1903) Seraphim of Sarov (secular name: Prokhor Isidorovich Mashnin), born July 19, 1759 or 1754 in Kursk, died February 2, 1833 in Sarov—an Orthodox saint, monk, ascetic, “holy elder,” and mystic associated with the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God in Sarov. He was...
tempera, wood panel, chalk-and-plaster ground, gilding; 35.5 x 31 x 2.4 cm. Russia, mid-19th century. An image of the Savior—not made by human hands (Russian: nierukotvorny), depicted within a cross-shaped nimbus (an iconographic attribute reserved solely for the Savior, symbolizing his death on the cross). Inscribed on the halo are Greek letters meaning “I Am Who I Am”—the name of God...
oil on wood panel with silver inlay; 11.2 x 9 x 1.2 cm. Russia, 19th–20th centuries. The saint is depicted in half-length, blessing with his right hand while holding a scepter in his left—a symbol of spiritual authority, equivalent to a crosier, and formerly a sign of the dignity of an igumen, later of an Orthodox bishop. Saint Theodosius is depicted with attributes indicating the highest ...
tempera, wood panel, chalk-and-gypsum ground, gilding; 35.5 x 31 cm. Russia, 19th/20th century. An icon with a four-panel composition, framed by a wide border decorated with stylized floral motifs. Upper left panel: a depiction of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and St. Blaise of Sebaste; the saints are shown in full figure, in episcopal vestments, holding Gospel books in their hands; both are v...
