Exhibited Antique Russian Icon, "Feodor Mother of God". Tempera/wood. This icon takes its name from Saint. Theodore (Feodor) Stratilates. At the beginning of the 12th century, the original Mother of God icon is said to have been kept in a chapel in the town of Kitezh. Later when the Tartar Batu Khan ravaged the countryside, the icon miraculously survived and was seen by Prince Vasilii of Kostroma in 1239 during a hunt. The prince found the icon hanging on the branch of an evergreen tree. When the icon was finally secured, it was recognized as the same image seen carried through the town by a mysterious warrior who looked like Saint Theodore; thus, the icon received its name.
This icon is associated with Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov, Tsar of the Romanov Dynasty. The bare left leg of the Christ Child characterizes this particular icon type. The border saints are (left) the unmercenary physician Kozmas and (right) and Saint Anna.
Size: 14 x 13 in.
Previous Exhibitions:
Brevard Museum of Art (Foosaner Art Museum), Melbourne, FL
Sept - Nov 1994
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL
Nov 1995 - Jan 1996
Hearst Center for the Arts, Cedar Falls, IA
Dec 1996 - Jan 1997
Durham Western Heritage Museum, Omaha, NE
March - May 1998
Biblical Arts Center, Dallas, TX
Dec 1998
Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida, Panama City, FL
Dec 1998 - Jan 1999
Gallery at the American Bible Society, New York, NY
June - Oct 1999
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL
Aug 2000 - Jan 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Feb - May 2001
Loveland Museum and Gallery, Loveland, CO
Jan - March 2002
Gallery at the American Bible Society, New York, NY
April - June 2002
Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
Oct - Nov 2002
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden, Winter Park, FL
April - June 2004
Hearst Art Gallery as St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA
Nov - Dec 2004
Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Garden, Winter Park, FL
Oct 2013 - April 2014