Angel Icons

Archangel Gabrielcropped

ARCHANGEL GABRIEL: ANGEL WITH THE GOLDEN HAIR

Anne Beversdorf, 2009

Silk and metallic threads;  4+ carats garnets, faceted and prong-set in sterling silver; 15+ carats hessonite rondelles on 22 point canvas.

Adapted from 12th century Russian icon, Rumyantsevsky Museum, Moscow/Leningrad Russian Museum.

The Annunciation

THE ANNUNCIATION

(Artist’s Collection; NFS)

Silk, gold japan-thread; approx. .60 ct garnet, faceted and prong-set in sterling silver; 65 freshwater pearls, coral bead, antique and modern glass beads on 22 pt. canvas.  27 x 17.5 cm.

Adapted from image in one of 8 detached ms leaves.  Cotton MS Caligula A.vii, f.3.  British Library collection.  Flanders or north-western France, end of 12th century.  Original 230 x 145 mm.

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The Annunciation (Glajor Gospels)

GLAJOR ANNUNCIATION

Retail Price $2394.00

Anne Beversdorf, 2006

Silk and metallic thread; approx. 1 ct. peridot; .40 ct. aquamarine; .40 ct garnet, all faceted and prong-set in sterling silver; 4 freshwater black pearls; 14 freshwater pearls; 3 coral beads, 4 14k gold beads; antique and modern glass beads on 22 pt. canvas.  27 x 20.5 cm.

Adapted from image in Glajor Gospel, p 305.  Second Painter and T’oros Taronec’i.  Armenia, Glajor Monastery, 1300-1307.

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Angels of Abraham

ANGELS OF ABRAHAM

Retail Price:  $2493.00

Anne Beversdorf, 2009

Silk and metallic thread; .29 ct pink tourmaline; .20 ct green tourmaline; .13 ct apatite; 1 ct garnet, all faceted and prong-set in sterling silver, with 4 freshwater black pearls and antique glass beads on 22 pt canvas.  24 x 19.5 cm.

Adapted from painting by Andrei Rublov, c. 1411; original in Trinity Church of the Sergiev-Troitsa Monastery near Moscow.   Original 142 – 144 cm.