Exhibited 19th C. Russian Icon, "The Interceding Mother of God". Tempera/wood. This was probably the left panel from a three-panel Deisis. The central panel would have depicted Christ, and the right panel- John the Forerunner. Mary inclines her head and raises her hand in a sign of intercession. The scroll contains her words: "Ruler most gracious, Lord Jesus Christ, hear the prayer..."
This icon is the work of the so-called "Serbian Wandering Painters" who immigrated into the southern border regions of Russia and set up village workshops there. Icons produced by them generally have a cinnabar-red border and the background and halo ornamented in silvery leaf with incised and embossed decoration. Sometimes the silver is covered with a tinted varnish to make it appear gold.
Size: 18 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