Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added the other in May 2013

the other in May 2013

he preferred to paint with more spontaneity

including Canadian Council Awards

a follower of the style of Caravaggio (1600-1671)

she stands holding onto a silver birch tree and is looking wistfully into the distance

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added the other in May 2013An antique 19th Century Russian Orthodox hand painted egg tempera & gilded icon of Saint Pelagia and Saint James, circa 1860. This very fine antique Russian icon is painted in the academic style rather than the more stylized Byzantine style. Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration. The quality of the painting and gilding