RUSSIAN TEMPERA PAINTED ICON: MOTHER of GOD OF ILYIN CHERNIGOV

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RUSSIAN TEMPERA PAINTED ICON: MOTHER of GOD OF ILYIN CHERNIGOV:
$268.88

The Ilyin-Chernigov Icon of the Mother of God was painted in the year 1658 by the iconographer GregoryDubensky, (Gennadios in monasticism). Tears flowed from the icon for eight daysin 1662, from April 16-24. Inthe same year the icon saved Chernigovfrom the Tartar’s invasion. The feast is on 16 (29) April.

Thismodern Russian Orthodox icon was painted by a modern professional church artistat the Russian town Yaroslavl (not far from Moscow) that is one of themain and old centers of the Russian icon painting.

Thismodern icon was painted on a very old (at least 19 c.) wooden board with theshrine i.e. the rectangular hollow at the middle part designed for the image.The margins are above the hollow. The shrines mostly belong to the antiqueicons from the 18 century and earlier. The board was covered with levkas(gesso, special priming) and painted with egg tempera and gold paints that usethe small parts of leaf gold. The style is traditional and strictly followsantique canons of the icon painting.

Thereare antique original graffiti at the back. They refer to the customer, workshopand to the subject and type of the icon.

There are two originalwooden wedges at the back to prevent the board from warping.

Size = 11.8x10x1.4(30x25.5x3.5 cm). Weight = 1165 gr.

Payment

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Please add US$35.00 to the final price to cover the cost of shipping byregistered air mail.

We charge exactly the same money as we pay at the post office ourselves.We do not charge for the packing materials, work, transportation etc. Buyerscan get a copy of a post office bill.

Shipping.

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