Gold background Russian icon - Saint Sergius of Radonezh.
Gold background Russian icon - Saint Sergius of Radonezh.Russia 18th century
mm. 145x110. Signs of wear, some loss of color, minor defects.
Important ancient Russian icon painted entirely by hand with natural colors on a wooden table dating back to the second half of the 1700s and depicting St. Sergius of Radonez, "father" of the regeneration of Russian monasticism in the fifteenth century and a pacifier of the internal wars that opposed, at that time, the principles of Rus'. Even today the monastery (lavra) of the Trinity of Saint Sergius is one of the beating hearts of the spirituality of the Christian East. The workmanship of the border is splendid, engraved and painted in the so-called "Venetian" manner, and of the fund, entirely in gold on a carved wooden background. The radial decoration of the Saint's nimbus is also exceptional.For inquiries, detailed condition report and additional images please mail to info@badoemart.it.
Property from an Italian private collector.