Icon Nativity of the Virgin
 

Moscow. Workshops of the Armory. 1710-th year.
Velvet, gesso, egg tempera.Doska linden, dowel locks. 72,7 H104, 5 cm

 

According to legend, this icon comes from the church or cathedral with. Bronnitsy Moscow region. The first mention in the annals of the village Bronich (sovr.Bronnitsa) refer to 1453. Name of the settlement, according to one version, comes from an old Russian word "Bronnikov" (so called masters, who made armor for soldiers), on the other - from "Bronk" ( "oat-ear"), the third - from the "language" (here were frequent battles - battle - with the Tatars). At the end of the seventeenth century, Tsar Fyodor Alekseevich Romanov Bronnitsy first organized in Russia on a farm for breeding thoroughbred horses. In the vast flood plains, owned by the Grand Duke's first, and then the royal court, were grazing herds of horses, hay here. The rich and very prosperous village of Peter I gave his favorite - his Highness Prince AD Menshikov. With him in Bronnitsy built in the style of Moscow baroque majestic five-domed Cathedral of the Archangel Michael. Church painted the best masters of that time, headed by famous painters Tikhon Filatevym and Kirill Ulanov. You can make the assumption that a highly professional personal letter of the icon by using one of the king's icon painters, Kirill Ulanov.
Iconography of the plot was formed on the basis of stories and legends Protoevangeliya Jacob's "Lives of the Virgin". This icon is a horizontally elongated oval pill, which is typical of Baroque iconography. In mullion icons provided an illustration of words Protoevangeliya James: "After the appearance of angels, the day came Roditi and Rodi, Anna and reche women that rodih, it is reche: female sex, and give unto the damsel sosets and named her name was Mary ...." Lodge St. Anne's Church occupies half of the muntins on the left side of the icon. On the bed, covered with white trim sheet, reclines Sant'Anna. Above her head a halo - a double (gold and silver), placed on polyment. Her body was lifted two patterned pillows: red and blue. The saints' feet are covered with reddish-crimson cloth. Saint dressed in a blue tunic, her head covered by a white cloth, the ends of which are not tied, and free fall down on his chest. Above the bare Sant'Anna numerous folds hanging from a lush canopy of blue. Near the bed is a round table covered with a white towel, on which stands a silver pitcher with pitiem lies bread. At a table stand granny-midwife and two young maids. Midwife dressed in blue dress with white plateau at the head. She holds in her arms, pokrovennyh white plateau, zapelenatuyu Infant-Mother of God. Behind the midwife is a young maid, dressed in a white tunic and pink and crimson table, she holds a small dish.
The walls of the chambers are bright, turquoise-blue. Instead the table there are two windows with lattice frame. Paul ocher-orange. On the right side of the wall with arched opening, limited wide pilasters, sits Sv.Iakov. He sits at a table, covered with a white towel. His right hand raised in blessing gesture, the left resting on the table. Immediately before him stood a silver bowl and the Holy Gospel is bound in leather with zaponami. Holy wore a blue coat, and ocher gimaty. Around the head - halo, made double. Behind Sv.Iakova deep in the interior is visible to the wall with two windows, executed in silver leaf.
Letter inspired faces of satisfied high quality masters and each face has its own unique character.
Clothing in lights prescribed melted gold and silver.
The coloring of the icon is maintained in the complex cold tones. Fields icons - dark umbristye. Pubescent light turquoise.
Vohrenie faces bright ocher and olive sankiryu followed podrumyankoy.

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I doubt very much that your icon "workshops Armory"-again, this is the 1710th year or two.
Yes, Moscow. At the time, the last third of the 18 th century.

Dear Cyril! When atributirovanii this icon, the assumption is, not assertion, that this icon was written master Armory. You write that this icon of the late 18 th century. Based on what your claim? On the iconography? Style letter folds, faces? Coloring icons? Turquoise, black and green? Such a letter late 18 th century was typical of provincial Russia, in Moscow, as written in the first half of the 18 century. Moreover, the master of the Armory and continued to work after the abolition of Peter the workshops themselves in 1723 (if I remember correctly).
See N. Komashko 18 th century Russian icon, section Stolichnaya icon.

In-in, on this very well written, so I would not be able to ... :)
  Turquoise, black and green "... Excellent!

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When they say "Moscow", then, as a rule are due to school, not a locality where there was this icon painting workshop ... : D
And you, sorry, not dweller?

I only have one question for you - when you buy things for their antiksalona who makes the attribution?
A site is a good, comfortable, all seen ...

Minsker, what - the world's end;) I understand that Muscovites have two papers on one thing. And, writing Moscow, I also called icon-painting school.

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If you are buying to make the attribution of each item through the GMM or the Tretyakov Gallery, you must immediately exit. This stretch on for years, and another - in Russia, paper and stamps is a lot;) Sometimes a decision must be taken per second! Buy on intuition and experience - 25 years experience in antique red diploma of the Academy of Fine Arts (the so-called this place today in Minsk).

Understand ... buying a "population" can and by eye.
But the sale (for decent money, and) would like a solid bumazhentsiyu, albeit with him.analizom. In particular, and the icon.
And so .... all disputes in favor of the poor.

  A Minsk I like more than Moscow - so that "nothing personal".:)

I agree with you that the sale is not a cheap item, of course, for the client "solid bumazhentsiya will be no small motive for buying. When the client is interested in our subjects, we can make the examination in any place where the client wishes, of course, it should be an independent expert, the best museum, and if our attribution does not coincide with the independent expert, then we take all the expenses for themselves and deal be dissolved. All items sold, we give a lifetime warranty. with respect to all Antique Salon AntikBogema.

ANTIKBOGEMA, it turned out that I told you elegant promotion made. But do not take money Belorussia - counting on the unification of the exchange.:): Shy:

I will try to lobby the issue in the government ..: shy: thanks and respect, AntikBogema