Hand-painted Russian icon of the Deposition of the Cross 5.5x4 in
Hand-painted Russian icon of the Deposition of the Cross 5.5x4.3 inches. Russian icon representing one of the main scenes of the Passion, when the body of Christ is tooken down from the cross with the pious women crying by his feet and Saint Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea holding the body, while two disciples are tooking it down with a cloth. The cross is represented in the Orthodox way, with three horizontal lines and, at its foot, the skull of Adam.
Icon painted on linden wood covered in gol...
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Hand-painted Russian icon of the Deposition of the Cross 5.5x4.3 inches. Russian icon representing one of the main scenes of the Passion, when the body of Christ is tooken down from the cross with the pious women crying by his feet and Saint Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea holding the body, while two disciples are tooking it down with a cloth. The cross is represented in the Orthodox way, with three horizontal lines and, at its foot, the skull of Adam.
Icon painted on linden wood covered in gold leaf according to the Byzantine iconographic school's rules.
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Gabriella C.2/9/2023Bellissima icona curata nei minimi dettagli :la scena è descritta con dovizia di particolari e con colori luminosi. Grazie.
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