Old Testament Icons

Adam and Eve

ADAM AND EVE

Retail Price:  $2493.00

Anne Beversdorf, 2007

Silk and metallic thread; approx 2 ct garnet and 1 ct spessartite, all faceted and prong set in sterling silver; gold-filled findings and glass beads on 22 pt. canvas.  22 x 18 cm.

Adapted from image in the Albani Psalter, St. Albans England, circa 1150.

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GOD, THE CREATOR (SOLD)

Retail Price:  $2394.00

Anne Beversdorf, 2007

Silk and metallic thread; approx .50 ct. peridot, .35 ct rubies, all faceted and prong-set in sterling silver; 4 freshwater black perls on 22 pt. canvas.  24.5 x 18.5 cm.

Adapted from image in Bible Moralisee, circa 1220-1230, Champagne or Paris, France.

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THE PROPHET SOLOMON  (SOLD)

Retail Price $2592.00

Anne Beversdorf, 2006

Silk and metallic thread; approx. 1 ct. lab-created strontium titanate; 2 ct garnet; 1.5 ct blue sapphire; .15 ct ruby, all facet and prong-set in sterling silver; three 14k gold beads, 11 freshwater pearls and glass beads on 22 pt canvas.  26.5 x 17.5 cm.

Adapted from image of wall frieze “Pala d’Oro”, Constantinople, early 12th century. Original height 19 cm.

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KING DAVID AS A MUSICIAN

(sold)

Anne Beversdorf, 2005

Linen, silk, and metallic thread; 1 ct blue sapphire, faceted and prong-set in sterling silver; 15 cultured freshwater pearls, and glass beads on 22 pt. canvas.

Adapted from image in the Westminster Psalter, royal ms 2A.xxiii,ff.14b, British Library collection.  England, possibly St. Albans or Winchester, circa 1200 CE;  Original size 230 x 160 mm.

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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.