TEMPERA PAINTED RUSSIAN ICON: SAINTS SOPHIA, FAITH, HOPE, LOVE

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TEMPERA PAINTED RUSSIAN ICON: SAINTS SOPHIA, FAITH, HOPE, LOVE:
$166.00

These holy Martyrs dwelt in Italyin the reign of Hadrian (117-138). They came of a rich and devout family andtheir mother Sophia brought them up in the Faith, Hope and Love of the namesshe had given them. They were put to death after terrible tortures. Theirmemories are celebrated on September 17 (30).

Thismodern Russian Orthodox Icon was painted by a modern professional church artistat the Russian town Rybinsk (not far from Moscow)that is one of the main 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). The margins were hand engraved. It was painted thenwith egg tempera and gold paints that use the small parts of leaf gold. Thestyle is traditional and strictly follows antique canons of the icon painting.

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

Size = 12x10.2x1(30.5x26x2.5 cm). Weight = 915 gr.

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