Icon Nicholas the Wonderworker. 1836 Russia.
Icon Nicholas the Wonderworker. 1836 Russia.
An analogion image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in a massive silver setting in 1836.
The classical iconography of the blessing saint, with an expanded gospel, is complemented by those coming: Peter and the Monk John on the left, Saints Natalia and Evdokia on the right. The figures are skillfully carved into the original decor of the fields, which combine the motives and scales of post-Empire patterns and romantic bouquets. The impressive work on the setting oklad is complemented by the filigree on the forehead of the saint. Fully painted icon on gold on a cypress board.
Salary: Petersburg, 84 standard silver. 1836. Assayer: M.K. Karpinsky Mikhail Mikhailovich. Unknown artist: A.A
Condition: Good, with traces of use
Style: Eclecticism
Country: Russia, St. Petersburg
Period: 19th century
Warranty: Seller Warranty
Material: Wood, gesso, gilding, tempera, Silver 84
Product sizes: Height - 31cm, Width - 26cm, Depth - 3cm
Location: Gallery "Antiqon", Brivibas street 52, Riga, Latvia
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Icon Nicholas the Wonderworker. 1836 Russia.
An analogion image of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in a massive silver setting in 1836.
The classical iconography of the blessing saint, with an expanded gospel, is complemented by those coming: Peter and the Monk John on the left, Saints Natalia and Evdokia on the right. The figures are skillfully carved into the original decor of the fields, which combine the motives and scales of post-Empire patterns and romantic bouquets. The impressive work on the setting oklad is complemented by the filigree on the forehead of the saint. Fully painted icon on gold on a cypress board.
Salary: Petersburg, 84 standard silver. 1836. Assayer: M.K. Karpinsky Mikhail Mikhailovich. Unknown artist: A.A
Condition: Good, with traces of use
Style: Eclecticism
Country: Russia, St. Petersburg
Period: 19th century
Warranty: Seller Warranty
Material: Wood, gesso, gilding, tempera, Silver 84
Product sizes: Height - 31cm, Width - 26cm, Depth - 3cm
Location: Gallery "Antiqon", Brivibas street 52, Riga, Latvia
