Tag: Charalambos

  • 1 Russian Icon, Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, with footnotes #6

    An icon painted in two registers. Greece, 1744Heavy Softwood single panel. Egg tempera on gesso (gypsum), Konturritzungen, partially gilded. In the upper frame a full figure enthroned Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. The underlying three selected saints: St. Athanasius, St. Nicholas and St. Charalampi.… The upper frame is dated ‘1744’ ‘. 36.4 x 26.6 cm . Saint Athanasius…