Small Byzantine icon Theotokos Virgin Mary of Smolensk Wood Silvery Oklad
Small Byzantine Orthodox icon "Hodegetria Theotokos Virgin Mary of Smolensk", Russian Greek icon with silvery metal oklad
"Our Lady of Smolensk", is known as Virgin Hodegetria, also called "Our Lady of the Way". The origin of the icon-type Hodegetria, can be traced back to fifth century and eventually to Evangelist St. Luke painted icons.
Mixed media: giclee, original paint and varnish on wood with metal oklad. The backside of the board is also varnished.
The oklad is manually forged out of silvery metal. It is attached to the board with fine brass nails, 4.1/4" x 5.1/4"; c. 1/2" thick, (11cm x 13.4cm x 1cm). The picture hanger is forged out of silvery metal and is attached with two aluminum nails. Very good condition.
Certifications of Authenticity will be included upon buyers request.
The most venerated icon of the Hodegetria type, regarded as the original, was displayed in the Monastery of the Panaghia Hodegetria in Constantinople, which was built specially to contain it. Unlike most later copies it showed the Theotokos standing full-length. It was said to have been brought back from the Holy Land by Eudocia, the Empress of Theodosius II (408–450), and to have been painted by Saint Luke. The icon was double-sided, with a crucifixion on the other side, and was "perhaps the most prominent cult object in Byzantium." Hodegetria of Smolensk, Smolenskaja, was the most venerated Hodegetria icon in Russia. The original Smolenskaja icon was destroyed by Germans in WWII.
"The painter’s goal is to represent a spiritual image and harmony. This is achievable only to some extend, than the icons are painted on earth- not in heaven. The icon writing requires calmness and meditation, because the spiritual condition of the icon-writer is always present in the completed icon. Therefore, the main task of the icon-writer is collecting positive energies, love, faith, hope and trust. All this will be revealed in the completed icon.
The icons are created for contemplation, which activates individual contact with spiritual reality and the saint represented in the icon. Therefore, each of us develops a very individual relationship to any particular icon" - [the icon painter]
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Country restrictions may apply - the lesser expansive Priority shipping may not be available to all countries.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $14.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-6 weeks) -- $32.50
World: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $44.50
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Small Byzantine Orthodox icon "Hodegetria Theotokos Virgin Mary of Smolensk", Russian Greek icon with silvery metal oklad
"Our Lady of Smolensk", is known as Virgin Hodegetria, also called "Our Lady of the Way". The origin of the icon-type Hodegetria, can be traced back to fifth century and eventually to Evangelist St. Luke painted icons.
Mixed media: giclee, original paint and varnish on wood with metal oklad. The backside of the board is also varnished.
The oklad is manually forged out of silvery metal. It is attached to the board with fine brass nails, 4.1/4" x 5.1/4"; c. 1/2" thick, (11cm x 13.4cm x 1cm). The picture hanger is forged out of silvery metal and is attached with two aluminum nails. Very good condition.
Certifications of Authenticity will be included upon buyers request.
The most venerated icon of the Hodegetria type, regarded as the original, was displayed in the Monastery of the Panaghia Hodegetria in Constantinople, which was built specially to contain it. Unlike most later copies it showed the Theotokos standing full-length. It was said to have been brought back from the Holy Land by Eudocia, the Empress of Theodosius II (408–450), and to have been painted by Saint Luke. The icon was double-sided, with a crucifixion on the other side, and was "perhaps the most prominent cult object in Byzantium." Hodegetria of Smolensk, Smolenskaja, was the most venerated Hodegetria icon in Russia. The original Smolenskaja icon was destroyed by Germans in WWII.
"The painter’s goal is to represent a spiritual image and harmony. This is achievable only to some extend, than the icons are painted on earth- not in heaven. The icon writing requires calmness and meditation, because the spiritual condition of the icon-writer is always present in the completed icon. Therefore, the main task of the icon-writer is collecting positive energies, love, faith, hope and trust. All this will be revealed in the completed icon.
The icons are created for contemplation, which activates individual contact with spiritual reality and the saint represented in the icon. Therefore, each of us develops a very individual relationship to any particular icon" - [the icon painter]
Note:
Country restrictions may apply - the lesser expansive Priority shipping may not be available to all countries.
US: Priority (c 2-4 days) -------- $14.50
Canada: Priority (c 2-6 weeks) -- $32.50
World: Priority (c 2-7 weeks) --- $44.50
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