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Pectoral icon depicting Saint Nicholas of Mozajsk, 19th century
Bronze casting
Height × Width: 7.5 × 5.5 cm Weight: 50.3 g.
In this version, Saint Nicholas is not depicted as an elderly bishop giving a blessing, but as the city's defender. This iconography comes from a 14th-century legend: it is said that the Saint appeared in the sky during the siege of Mozhajsk, brandishing a sword and terrifying the invaders, who then retreated. On the upper flap is depicted the Mandylion of Edessa, an icon considered the oldest and most important portrait of Jesus in the Christian tradition.
€ 150,00 / 200,00
Estimate
€ 40,00
Starting price
Live auction 396
OLD ORTHODOX ICONS FROM 17TH UNTIL 20TH CENTURY. Including a collection of important Traveling Russian Icons
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