Icon of the Guardian Angel in the neo-Russian style. Russia, early. XX century.
 

Icon of the Guardian Angel in the neo-Russian style.
Russia, early.
XX century.

Board thread.

Dimensions: 65 x 29.5 cm

In excellent collector condition.


Negotiable.

All items are ready to discuss by e-mail:

arz-wien@rambler.ru

And just the beginning of the XX century?

This refers to the center, no frame - for her no questions.

... with a beard.
Rarity, in a single copy.

Icon of the Guardian Angel in the neo-Russian style. Russia, early. XX century.
 

Icon undoubtedly old.
Its former owner for some reason has smoothed mullion.
Says - not like varnish.
Old board.

Alexei Romanovich, angels never portrayed in Orthodoxy and Christianity in general, with beards.
Angel being asexual, and endow it with an anthropomorphic secondary male characteristics absurd.
Apparently it's still someone's contemporary creativity.
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Arkady had forgotten all about the same one, "the bearded angel")))

Angel of the Desert.
John the Baptist (the Forerunner).

Well, this is a special case and a special iconography, it is instantly recognizable.
This same angel faceless, unremarkable except beard ... <! - ~ 1 ~ ->

Oh well))) forgot about the "special case" - just say so)))

and that in fact - "angels never portrayed ...."

Forgot.
Nevertheless, a special case, and in any rule there are exceptions to that that?
<! - ~ 6 ~ -> true: only prove the rule.
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