Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Drawings & Prints According to the art historian

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this captivating work by one of the leading French surrealists is ready to hang on your wall

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Drawings & Prints According to the art historianAn 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