Our Lady of Kazan Original Icon 14" tall SOLD

SKU #560ORIG
$695.00

Description

SOLD Created by American iconographer Brother Simeon Davis, this original icon of Our Lady of Kazan exemplifies the radiant colors, fine detail, and fidelity to classical iconography that has made the Monastery Icons collection the most beloved Christian art over the past forty-one years. This icon is one of a kind and will no longer be available once it is sold.

Our Lady of Kazan is honored as the guardian and patroness of the Russian city, Kazan, and of all Russia. This iconic image was originally said to have been discovered in 1579 after a Marian apparition. Since then, copies of this Virgin Mary icon have been displayed in cathedrals all over Russian and the world.

This icon is painted on 1/4-inch non-tempered artist's hardboard measuring 11" x 14". The artist used matte fluid acrylics which replicate classic egg tempera. The background is gold leaf. The icon has a protective artist's grade acrylic varnish. Created in the year 1988, the painting includes the artist's "signature" in tiny letters: "by Simeon 1988," as is traditional in iconography.

Purchase or transfer of ownership of this icon does not convey any rights in the work itself. Frame not included. Shipping and handling for this icon is $40.00.