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THBRARE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PRESENTATION ICON 1913
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2229 Lincoln Street
Cedar Falls, IA 50613
United States
Founded in 1969, Jackson’s International Auctioneers and Appraisers has grown to become one of the nation’s premier service providers for the sale and appraisal of antiques and fine art. Our regularly scheduled auctions bring to market a broad array of objects, including Russian icons, Old Master pa...Read more
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LiveNov 27, 2018
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A RARE IMPERIAL RUSSIAN PRESENTATION ICON, GRAND DUCHESS ANASTASIA 1913. The offered icon depicts the Appearance of the Mother of God to St. Sergie of Radonezh. It is executed within an ogee arch reserve comprised of heavily incised, gilded and painted borders rendered to resemble cloisonné enamel, a method quite popular at the time. At center is the scene showing the monk Sergie kneeling lower right with his companion the Venerable Micah as the Mother of God, together with the Apostles Peter and John appearing before them. At top center is a depiction of the Holy Trinity, namesake of the monastery founded by Sergie located about 70 kilometers northeast of Moscow. The icon is typical of the high quality and decorative icons produced at the Trinity Sergiev Lavra icon workshop at that time. The verso of icon displays remnant of the velvet covering as well as the original engraved silver presentation plaque which reads, "This image was brought in blessing to Her Imperial Highness the Orthodox Sovereign Princess Anastasia Nikolaevna from the holy relics of the Venerable Sergei on the visit of Her Highness to the Holy Trinity Sergiev Lavra on the day of celebration of the 300th anniversary of the rule of the House of Romanov -- The year 1913." The plaque is hallmarked Moscow for the time period of 1908-1917 and with maker's mark of the firm Nemirov-Kolodkin. A fine, important, and historical specimen. 10.5 inches x 8.75 inches (27 x 22 cm).
Provenance:
Private collection USA.
The Romanov Tercentenary was a country-wide celebration, marked in the Russian Empire from February 1913, in celebration of the ruling Romanov Dynasty. After a grand display of wealth and power in St. Petersburg and a week of receptions at the Winter Palace, the Imperial family embarked on a tour following Mikhail I Romanov's route after he was elected tsar in 1613, a sort of pilgrimage to the towns of ancient Muscovy associated with the Romanov dynasty.
On May 24, 1913, Tsar Nicholas II, together with the royal family, visited the Trinity-Sergie Lavra. The Imperial train arrived in at 10:30 where it was greeted by dignitaries. The royal entourage together with Metropolitan Macarius of Moscow visited the relics of St. Sergie at which time it is presumed the offered lot was given to the Grand Duchess.
Icons presented as gifts to members of the Russian Imperial household are well known. Indeed an icon of the Kazan Mother of God with a presentation plaque addressed to Grand Duchess Tatiana (older sister of Anastasia) and received during the same visit is held in the collection of the Church of the Dormition, Kiln, Russia.
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanov (1901-1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. She was the younger sister of Grand Duchesses Olga, Tatiana, and Maria, and was the elder sister of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia. She was murdered with her family by members of the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police, in Yekaterinburg on July 17, 1918.
Persistent rumors of her possible escape circulated after her death. Her supposed survival was one of the most popular historical mysteries of the 20th century, provoking numerous books and films. At least ten women claimed to be her. The most famous Anastasia imposter was Anna Anderson (Franziska Schanzkowska 1896-1984) who first surfaced in the early 1920’s. She contended that she had feigned death among the bodies of her family and made her escape with the help of a compassionate guard. Her legal battle for recognition from 1938 to 1970 continued a lifelong controversy and was the longest running case ever heard by the German courts, where it was officially filed and rejected. Later DNA testing conclusively proved that she was of no relation to the Romanov family.
In the year 2000, Anastasia and her family were canonized as passion bearers by the Russian Orthodox Church. Saint Grand Duchess and Passion-Bearer, Anastasia Romanov along with her family are interred in the St. Catherine Chapel at Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, St. Petersburg, Russia.
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