RUSSIAN GOLDGROUND ICON SHOWING ST. MONK JOHN, ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY, ST. TATYANA AND ANOTHER SAINT

A FINE ICON SHOWING ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY WITH SCENES FROM HIS LIFE Central Russian, circa 1880 Tempera on wood panel. The saint portrayed standing in full-length. The prince Alexander Nevsky wearing a

A SMALL ICON SHOWING THE BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER Russian, Vetka, 19th century Tempera on wood panel. Finely executed in bright colours on a gold ground. Four selected saints on the border

AN ICON SHOWING THE BEHEADING OF ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER Russian, Vetka, 19th century Tempera on wood panel. Executed in bright colours on a gold ground. Five selected saints on the borders. Minimally

A DATED ICON SHOWING ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY Russian, St. Petersburg, St. Catherine Monastery, 1916 Oil on wood panel. On the reverse Cyrillic inscription, dated '28 May 1916'. Minimally restored. 26.5 x

AN ICON SHOWING ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER FROM A DEISIS Russian, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Finely executed in reds and greens. Two selected saints on the borders: St. Propkhor and t

AN ICON SHOWING ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER, ANGEL OF THE WILDERNESS Russian, 18th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The saint is standing in a rocky landscape. He is shown frontally in full-len

AN ICON SHOWING THE MOTHER OF GOD, ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER AND SIX SELECTED CHURCH FATHERS Russian, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The background gilded. Four selected saints in monast

AN ICON SHOWING ST. JOHN THE FORERUNNER WITH A SILVER-GILT AND CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL OKLAD Russian, late 19th century (icon), Russian, Moscow, Ivan Khlebnikov, 1894 (oklad) Oil on wood panel. The backgrou

**Originally Listed At $2250** Russia, ca. 19th century rendered in traditional Byzantine style favored by Old Believers of the 19th century, an icon depicting Eastern Orthodoxy's Saint John the Forer

Russia, ca. 18th century CE. A half-length depiction of Saint John the Evangelist, beautifully painted in egg tempera and gold leaf on wood, with a divine angel looking over his shoulder. Saint John l

An Imperial Russian Orthodox icon representing Saint John the Warrior, a Christian saint and martyr, regarded as a helper in sorrow and poverty. Mixed media painting: egg tempera, gesso, and levkas on

Russian icon of the nativity of St. John the Baptist, showing the birth to Elizabeth and attendants, and the washing of St. John the Baptist with Zachariah seated upper right. Tempera and gilt on pane

A SMALL ICON SHOWING THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST Russian, circa 1800 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The upper corners showing St. John the Forerunner with an open scroll and the high priests at the cit

AN ICON SHOWING ST. JOSIF OF VOLOKOLAMSK Russian, 18th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Two selected saints on the borders including St. Mary of Egypt. The gilt background and border restor

A GROUP OF THREE ICONS FORMING A DEISIS Russian, 19th century Tempera on wood panels. Showing Christ Pnatokrator flanked by the Mother of God and St. John bearing open scrolls. Finely executed in cont

A RARE AND MONUMENTAL ICON SHOWING ST. SIMEON THE STYLITE Russian, circa 1600 Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. The saint is portrayed frontally half-length. The facial features are executed in grea

A RARE ICON SHOWING ST. MARY OF RADONEZH WITHIN A KYOT Russian, circa 1900 Oil (?) on wood with velvet backing. The saint is portrayed frontally half-length. She is wearing monkish attire, notably the

AN ICON SHOWING ST. GEORGE KILLING THE DRAGON Russian, 19th century Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Traditionally painted. Four selected saints on the borders. Minimally restored. 35.5 x 31.4 cm.

AN ICON SHOWING ST. NICHOLAS THE MIRACLE WORKER WITH A SILVER OKLAD Russian, circa 1800 (icon), Russian, Moscow, 1833 (oklad) Tempera on wood panel with velvet backing. Executed on a gold ground. Over

A LARGE ICON SHOWING ST. GEORGE KILLING THE DRAGON AND CHRIST, THE BLESSED SILENCE Russian, Vetka, 19th century Tempera on wood panel. Four selected saints on the borders. The borders minimally restor

AN ICON SHOWING THE MARTYR ST. CATHERINE Russian, 19th century Oil on wood panel. The Saint portrayed half-length, bearing the martyr's attribute, the palm branch. Minimally restored. 30.2 x 25 cm. IK

An exceptional & unusual Russian silver gilt & champlevé enamel icon egg, made by Alexander Petrov for Grachev Brothers, St. Petersburg, prior to 1899. Ovoid in shape, mounted on its original sil

AN ICON SHOWING THE NATIVITY OF THE MOTHER OF GOD Central Russian, circa 1900 Oil on wood panel. The frame emulating contemporary enamelled oklads. Two selected saints on the borders: the Apostle St.

(possibly 18th and 19th century) Icon in three parts: The Theotokos of Tikhvin, Saint Paul, John the Baptist, the Holy Mother, the Apostles, St. Xenia, Varlaam Monastery with the martyrs Ermil and Str