Eastern Church Icons (Russian, Byzantine)
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.
ANGELS OF ABRAHAM
Retail Price: $2592.00
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 pearls and antique glass beads on 22 pt canvas. 24 x 19.5 cm.
Adapted from painting by Andrei Rublov, c. 1411; original inTrinityChurchof the Sergiev-Troitsa Monastery near Moscow Original 142-114 cm.
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VIRGIN AND CHILD
Retail Price: $2394.00
Anne Beversdorf, 2009
Silk and metallic thread; 1 ct. garnet, faceted and prong set in sterling silver; 18 freshwater pearls, and antique glass beads on 22 pt canvas. 23 x 16.5 cm.
Adapted from Russian Icon, circa 1400.
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GREGORY OF NAZIANZOS
(sold)
Anne Beversdorf, 2006
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, Byzantine, from Constantinople. Ms brought to Mt. Sinai from Crete by the monk Germanos in 1550.