A realistically painted icon depicting kneeling St Anna and St Paraskeva standing next to her. Both saints are represented praying to Lord Sabaoth. An angel extends a blessing to St Anna from above, announcing Anna’s forthcoming maternity. The icon is encased in a heavy gauge silver-gilt oklad with applied haloes and with four white enamel plaques. The border of the icon and the robes of the saints are decorated with foliate design.
St Anna and St Paraskeva
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reference number: RI_018
early 19th century
tempera on wooden panel in silver-gilt oklad
35.8 x 30.8 cm
oklad:
maker’s mark: Cyrillic initials E.E. for an unidentified master
assay master’s mark: Cyrillic initials N.D. for Nikolai Dubrovin
assay mark of Moscow, 1833
silver standard: 84 zolotnik
Categories: Russian Icons, Icons with Oklads