Icons auctions
tempera, wood panel, partially gilded silver with hallmarks (on the front: the Cyrillic monogram “NG” in a rectangle, a head wearing a kokoshnik in a circle; on the side—a hallmark with the letter delta, a head in a kokoshnik, and a fineness of 84), enamel; dimensions of the icons within the frame: height 25.3 cm, width 21 cm; total dimensions including the shrine: height 34 cm, width 29...
Tempera on wood, painted on gold. Dimensions: 31x26.5 cm An image of the Savior—not made by human hands (Russian: nierukotvorny) acheiropoietos—in a gilded cross-shaped nimbus (an iconographic attribute reserved exclusively for the Savior, symbolizing his death on the cross). Inscribed on the halo are Greek letters meaning “I Am Who I Am”—the name of God, which also pertains to the d...