Antique/Vintage Russian Religious Icon Print/Picture

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Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! Check out my other items ! I have an Antique or Vintage Russian Religious Icon Print in a Frame up for sale or auction. This picture print has many stories on it. In fact too many to describe. This may be a very rare print and hard to find. This may be a print from an original painting pre 1900. My feedback speaks for itself. Buy with confidence. Please leave feedback, we all need a track record for our buyers. I will leave feedback after I receive it. That way I know that you have received the item. This print is beautiful and has many stories to tell. It is in an old frame from the 1950's. I picked this up at an estate sale from a very old Russian Professor. He told me a little about the history of how these Icons used to be made many years ago and what they were used for. This print is in excellent condition and framed. It is not matted, the colors that you see around the picture is part of the print. On the pictures you will see a mark on the frame w the paint has come off. That can be touched up. On the back it says Russian Icon, written in pencil by someone but Russian is mispelled. The size of the frame is 11 5/8" tall and 9 5/8" wide. The frame is white with gold along the edge and inside w the print is. The gold part has a design in the wood. is a little history of how these pictures used to be made, what they were used for and how they are still used today. This is very interesting. So if interested read on. Shipping and payment information below. Russian icons (icon = image, Greek) are usually painted on a wooden base - icon board. The board is consisted of several parts bound together at the back by planks. The image is placed on the face side of the board in a shallow rectangle or square groove (ark). Before painting a board is covered with fabric, primed by mixture of natural glue and chalk, covered with the initial layer of dark red-brown or greenish paint and lighten w needed with ochre or whiting. Radial lines - assist, were gold painted on the top of regular paint. Assist in the antient art marked the "Divine Forces" and was placed on the Christ clothes only. Even clothes of Godmother and apostols have no assist. Begining from the XV century assist turned into a decoration and had been placed on all parts of icon - clothes, trees, buildings etc. According to custom, an icon artist was expected to be a person of high moral principle and Christian ideals who prepared for his work by fasting and praying. The iconography was neither a creation of the artist's imagination nor whim, but followed a prescribed pattern and subject according to Church tradition. S ometimes icons had metal covers, oklads made for them, either to protect them from human handling in devotions, to enhance their beauty or as memorials. Some oklads were studded with precious gemstones, diamonds and pearls. Starting from the XIV century many Church icons were assembled into multitier holders - iconostasis. I n a church small icons are set on portable, cloth-draped lecterns and larger ones are hung on the walls. Beeswax candles are burned nearby and the icons are kissed, touched and incensed as acts of devotion. Icons are blessed with holy water and also are carried in processions both inside and outside the church. Icons are venerated but they are never worshipped. These acts of respect handed down from ancient cultural traditions still survive worldwide in the Orthodox Church. In Russian Orthodox homes, icons are displayed in special places of honor, called the "krasniy ugol" ("beautiful corner"). To the Orthodox Christian, an icon is a constant reminder of God's presence in his church, his home and in his life. Thank you for stopping - Good luck bidding or shopping. TERMS OF SALE SHIPPING: See shipping calculator below for cost and options. Delivery Confirmation is included for all USA packages. Insurance is optional but recommended. I pack carefully but recommend insurance on fragile items. <... read more

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