1896 AD Moscow, St Alexis monastery, Russian antique icon \" Mother of God... \"

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1896 AD Moscow, St Alexis monastery, Russian antique icon \" Mother of God... \":
$10001.00

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Motherof God the Great Healer.

Region: Moscow. St. Alexismonastery

Era: 1896 (Nicholas II coronation year.

Author: icon painter was art student of themonastery of St Alexis .
This work financed by Nikita AnisimovichaUsanova.Size: 31,0 x 26,0 x 41 cm.

Technique &Material:Very thick board from the trunk of a great cypresswood , gesso ground konown aslevkas,egg tempera , olifa.

Description: Arare iconographic theme is combined with the highest quality of iconpainting, and bright individual style of performance. If not for theinscription on the lower field of the image of saint, then it wouldbe difficult to establish its history. But thanks to informativeinscription we can probably know the origin of this icon.The lowerfield of the icon says: \"The list with the miraculous image isin a convent Alexeyev in Moscow. Built at the expense of NikitaAnisimovicha Usanova in 1896. June 5 \"To create themiracle-working icon - it was really a great honor for theiconographer. (The attitude to this sacred act It is very good shownin the film Andrei Rublev directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. 1966.)Therefore, such icons were trusted only to very authoritative iconpainting masters of his time. It was required from the performer notonly the status of the artist\'s studio and flawless performance as aperson a Christian. The authors of lists with the icons were themonks. In this case, the author is likely nun painter from the AlexisMonastery in Moscow.Icon with a rich color palette and elegantdecorating garments. Upper cape coats, tunics completely coversmelted gold ornament. The robe (chiton) of the Mother of God isfilled by very rare pink. Faces filled with multiple layers oftemperature melts.Description of the rare subject:

Thehistory of the icon of Mother of God The Healer associated withmiraculous events that in Moscow in the late XVIII century.One priest Vikenty Bulveninsky had a pious habit. When he wasat the entrance to the church and when he was leaving it, he falledon his kneel in front of the Blessed Mother of God, and was saying ashort prayer: \"Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you!Blessed is the womb that bore Christ, and the breasts that fed theLord God our Savior! \"And once Vikenty fell ill: his tongueturned black, and the terrible pain brought him to unconsciousness.One day , when he became better after another attack of pain, he gavehis common prayer to the Mother of God, and he saw the angel over hishead, who, together with him began to offer prayers to Mother of God,asking her to heal the sick. At the end of the angels prayer ,appeared Mother of God in the unusual light and healed thesick.Feeling perfectly healthy, Vikenty got up and went to church.Getting up in the choir, he began to sing with all that has ledothers in great astonishment. This miracle was the reason for writingthe icon of the Mother of God The Healer, which soon became aconstant adornment of hospital churches and chapels. The history ofthe monastery: Alexius monastery in Moscow was founded in 1360 yearsby the Metropolitan of Kiev and All Russa Alexis. It was built by thearea between the street and the river Ostozhenka, Moscow. In themonastery, Metropolitan built a small wooden church of St. Alexis theMan of God. Accordingly, the monastery got the name of \"Alexis.\"Then, in seniority over the other after it emerged convents inMoscow, it was named the \"starodevichiem\" - spinster -senior chief of all convents of Moscow.The first nuns, according tolegend, were sisters of Metropolitan, who took the monastic name ofJuliana and EvpraksiaExtremly unique icon as onthe value of art and antiques as well as on historical and religioussignificance.

Privatecollection.

Perfectoriginal condition for its age.

SELLER INFORMATION

Seller is a largest Russian icon gallery on Western Europe -Russian Icon Gallerylocatedin Tallinn.

Russian Icon Gallery.

Vene st. 37, Tallinn 10123 Estonia

Since 1991

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Owner - Nina Mihailovna Gerasimenko (last picture is collage from galley and its owner)

Expert in the field of Russian icon painting and antiques, major collector of icons, one of the world\'s leading experts in the field of folk icon Folk Icon.

Organizer and one of the leading experts exhibitions icons in Estonia and Russia, Moscow. Author of scientific articles devoted to the little-studied reservoir Russian iconography. The so-called \"People icon.\" .

Published in a leading Russian magazine Antiques.

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1896 AD Moscow, St Alexis monastery, Russian antique icon \" Mother of God... \":
$10001.00