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2091 - A LARGE ICON DEPICTING SAINT ANNA OF KASHIN Russian, Moscow, after 1909 Oil on wood panel with kovcheg. Gold ground, ornately punched. The saint is depicted full-length and almost frontally, wearing the habit of a nun of the Great Schema. The border is finely engraved with scrollwork and decorated to emulate contemporary cloisonné enamel oklads. Four saints appear in medallions along the border. Restored. 44.2 x 38 cm. on the border. Saint Anna of Kashin was the daughter of the Prince of Rostov. In 1318, she entered a monastery in Tver, where she took monastic vows. She later moved to Kashin, where she died in 1337. Her general veneration was approved in 1649 but prohibited by Patriarch Joachim in 1677. In 1909, she was canonized again on the initiative of Tsar Nicholas II. Her feast day is October 2.
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A LARGE ICON DEPICTING SAINT ANNA OF KASHIN Russian, Moscow, after 1909 Oil on wood panel with kovcheg. Gold ground, ornately punched. The saint is depicted full-length and almost frontally, wearing the habit of a nun of the Great Schema. The border is finely engraved with scrollwork and decorated to emulate contemporary cloisonné enamel oklads. Four saints appear in medallions along the border. Restored. 44.2 x 38 cm. on the border. Saint Anna of Kashin was the daughter of the Prince of Rostov. In 1318, she entered a monastery in Tver, where she took monastic vows. She later moved to Kashin, where she died in 1337. Her general veneration was approved in 1649 but prohibited by Patriarch Joachim in 1677. In 1909, she was canonized again on the initiative of Tsar Nicholas II. Her feast day is October 2. LARGE ICON OF SAINT ANNA OF KASHIN Russia, Moscow, after 1909 Wooden panel with two profiled sponki on the reverse. Kovcheg, oil painting on a chalk ground, gold ground with ornamental punching. 44.2 x 38 cm. A full-length, nearly frontal depiction of Saint Anna. She is dressed as a nun wearing the Great Schema. The border is finely engraved with leaf tendrils and decorated in the style of contemporary cloisonné enamel oklad. Four saints appear in medallions along the border. Saint Anne of Kasin was the daughter of the Prince of Rostov. In 1318, she entered the monastery in Tver, where she was tonsured as a nun. She later moved to Kasin, where she died in 1337. In 1649, it was decided that the saint should be universally venerated; however, in 1677, Patriarch Joachim prohibited this. In 1909, she was canonized again on the initiative of Tsar Nicholas II. Her feast day is October 2. Restored.
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