Null Icon "Scenes from the life of Jesus with the Resurrection
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Icon "Scenes from the life of Jesus with the Resurrection Russia, 18th century Tempera on wood 53 х 43 cm. B.E. Икона "Сцены жизни Христа с Воскреснием" Россия, XVIII век Темпера, дерево 53 х 43 см. Хор.сост. Expert: Mrs. Ekaterina NIKOLAEVA-TENDIL Tel: 06 52 33 90 42

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Icon "Scenes from the life of Jesus with the Resurrection Russia, 18th century Tempera on wood 53 х 43 cm. B.E. Икона "Сцены жизни Христа с Воскреснием" Россия, XVIII век Темпера, дерево 53 х 43 см. Хор.сост. Expert: Mrs. Ekaterina NIKOLAEVA-TENDIL Tel: 06 52 33 90 42

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Russian icon from the Old Believers' Workshops, 19th century. "Resurrection of Christ, Christ's Descent into Hell, and his life in 12 hagiographic scenes". Tempera on panel. It presents losses of the pictorial layer. Measurements: 53 x 44,5 cm. Christ's descent into hell is one of the most important representations in Christian iconography. This passage was known in Ancient Rus since the 11th century, although it gained maximum popularity in the second half of the 14th century. Iconography of this New Testament passage finally developed in the 17th century in Moscow workshops. In this period, the icon reached its maximum complexity, combining the New and Old Testament passages, and in turn, composing in one the scenes of the resurrection and Christ's descent into hell. The icon of interest, in spite of its relatively simple composition, a central register surrounded by 12 hagiographic scenes, turns out to be very attractive for the symbolism of the symbolic details that accompanies each one of the miniatures. In the central scene, which forms the theme of the icon, one can find representations of the devil and hell, very uncommon in orthodox iconography. The open mouth of the monstrous dragon is the allegory of hell. While the devil is in the lower right corner of the scene, represented as a naked being, with a beard ending in a beak and in profile - the three main features of the devil or sinners in an orthodox icon -. The central scene is framed in a decorative border, imitating wood carving. The twelve scenes around it represent passages of the life of Jesus Christ, from his birth to the resurrection, as well as some passages of Marian character, being the last scene of the shekel, the burial of the Virgin, in the lower left corner. A curious detail of this piece is found in the ninth scene, which represents the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, located in the lower right corner. The inscription "????" is the Cyrillic translation of the Latin phrase "INRI". It is a very unusual inscription on the icons of the Russian Old Believers, since it ended up causing a lot of controversy, regarding the direct citation of Pontius Pilate, Christ's murderer. The fact that it accompanies the cross helps to determine the early date of the creation of this icon, around 1700, when this inscription was still used by Old Believer painters.

Estim. 500 - 600 EUR

19th century Russian icon. "Scenes from the life of Christ". Painting on wood. In need of restoration. It has cracks in the wood and lack of polychromy. Measurements: 36 x 31 x 4 cm. Russian icon which contains different scenes from the life of Christ, framed by figures of saints and archangels: the visit to the temple, the passage of Saint Anne, the meeting of Jesus with the fishermen whom he invites to "be fishers of men"... The juxtaposition of different biblical episodes nourishes the composition with iconographic richness. Despite the variety of themes, everything is subsumed under a symmetrical order, around the vertical axis traced by the Father and Son housed in mandorlae. Legends in Cyrillic identify the figures. The gilding, the intense chromaticism and the stylised drawing that outlines each figure, as well as the brocade and other details, are elements that remain faithful to the tradition of Orthodox icons.

Estim. 600 - 800 EUR

Two icons painted on wood representing "Saint John the Evangelist" and "Scenes from the Life of a Saint". Russian work. Period: 19th century (*). Dim.: +/-31,5x26,5cm and 35,5x30,5cm.

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