Artist’s Collection and Sold Icons
THE ANNUNCIATION (Icon)
(Artist’s Collection, NFS)
Silk, gold japan-thread; approx. .60 carat garnet, prong-set in sterling silver; 64 freshwater pearls; coral bead, antique and modern glass beads on 22 pt canvas. 27 x 17.5 cm
Adapted from an image in one of 8 detached 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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GREGORY OF NAZIANZOS
(sold)
Silk and metallic thread; approx .50 carat garnet, .25 carat peridot, both prong-set in sterling silver; 40 freshwater pearls, glass beads on 22 pt canvas.
Adapted from Liturgical Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzos, f 4v. Byzantine, Constantinople, circa 1150. Mt. Sinai from Crete by the monk Germanos in 1550.
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RELEASE FROM DESPAIR by the SWORD OF DIVINE GRACE
Retail Price:Â $2394.00
Silk and metallic thread with coral beads on 22 pt canvas. 27.5 x 13 cm.
Adapted from Liber Scivias by Hildegard of Bingen, circa 1140 CE; Eibengen, Rhineland
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SIX DAYS OF CREATION AND REDEMPTION
(sold)
Silk and metallic thread; approx. .65 carat iolite and one carat aquamarine, prong set in sterling silver on 22 pt canvas.
Adapted from Liber Scivias by Hildegard of Bingen, circa 1140 CE, Eibengen, Rhineland.
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LAKSHMI
Artist’s Collection, NFS
Silk and metallic thread; 2.35 carats garnet prong-set in sterling silver; 80 freshwater pearls; antique and modern glass beads; gold and gold-filled findings on 22 pt canvas.
Adapted from painting by Pieter Weltevrede, circa 2000 CE
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ADORATION OF THE MAGI
Retail Price:$2592.00
Silk, metallic thread; 3+ carats emeralds, rubies, sapphires, garnet; opal, cultured freshwater pearls, prong set in sterling silver; antique and Japanese glass beads on 22 pt canvas. 24 x 18.5 cm.
Adapted from Benedictional of Engilmar (Bishop of Parenzo). Ms. Ludwig VII 1; 83. ML.90 fol. 25v J. Paul Getty Museum collection
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FLIGHT INTO EGYPT
(sold)
Silk and metallic thread;approx. .50 carat blue zircon, 1 carat garnet, both prong-set in sterling silver; 19 freshwater pearls, glass beads on 22 pt canvas.
Adapted from image in Miniatures of the Life of Christ, ms 44, folio 3, Limoges (?) France, circa 1200. Original 340 x 222 mm.
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KING DAVID AS A MUSICIAN
(sold)
Linen, silk and metallic thread; 1 carat blue sapphire prong set in sterling silver, 16 cultured freshwater pearls, glass beads on 22 pt canvas.
Adapted from illuminated manuscript in Westminster Psalter, Royal ms 2A.xxiii, ff.14b, British Library collection. England, possibly St. Albans or Winchester, circa 1200 CE. Original 230 x 160 mm.
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THE UNIVERSE WITH THE FOUR ELEMENTS AND FOUR WINDS
Artist’s Collection, NFS
Silk and metallic thread; coral and glass beads on 22 pt canvas.
Adapted from Codex 2582, folio 237. Vienna, Austria. Not dated.
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THE MAGDALENE (WITH EGG)
(sold)
Silk and metallic thread; approx. 1 carat peridot, faceted and prong-set in sterling silver; 52 freshwater pearls on 22 pt canvas.
Commissioned work. Provenance of original not known.