Antique Russian icon, menologium of September, 18th century, 21x17 in
Antique Russian icon, menologium of September, 18th century, 21x17 in.
Refined antique Russian icon portraying the saints and main liturgical solemnities of September, executed with egg tempera on a gold background on a levkas-prepared wooden panel.
The Menologium is the section of the ecclesiastical calendar dedicated to the daily commemoration of saints. Since the 9th-10th centuries, these icons visually illustrated the liturgical cycle to the faithful, spreading knowledge of hagiographic lives ...
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Antique Russian icon, menologium of September, 18th century, 21x17 in.
Refined antique Russian icon portraying the saints and main liturgical solemnities of September, executed with egg tempera on a gold background on a levkas-prepared wooden panel.
The Menologium is the section of the ecclesiastical calendar dedicated to the daily commemoration of saints. Since the 9th-10th centuries, these icons visually illustrated the liturgical cycle to the faithful, spreading knowledge of hagiographic lives and promoting saintly veneration in various life circumstances.
In this work dedicated to September, notable depictions include the Nativity of the Theotokos in the second tier and the Exaltation of the Cross in the third tier.
The individual saints, arranged according to the liturgical calendar, follow day by day, offering a valuable testimony of popular devotion and the Russian iconographic tradition from the 18th to the 19th century.
The richness of gilding and the delicacy of the artistic style, typical of the central Russian schools, give the icon intense luminosity and profound spiritual expressiveness.
Accompanied by an appraisal issued by an expert listed in the official register of appraisers.
Origin: Central Russia.
Technique: egg tempera on a gold background.
Materials: wood, levkas.
Dimensions: 20.5x17.1 in.
Period: late 18th century.
