AN ICON «CHRIST PANTOCRATOR» IN A SILVER OKLAD
Lot 106
3 0003 500
Russia, Volga region, late XVIII-early XIX century
Wood, gesso, tempera
Oklad: silver (without mark), chased, engraved
30 х 26 cm
High-quality and beautiful stylization of antiquity, executed by the old believers of the Volga region.
The image of the Saviour is balanced in colors and dynamics of forms and generally reproduces the «Stroganov» shrill expression.
The clay color of the face and cool tones of clothes are successfully combined with the sharp contours of the ornament and the
smoothness of a «facial» painting.
The silver oklad, made in the Empire style, certainly differs in tectonics from the early metal icon oklads, which were a traditional
decoration for such icons. Nevertheless, the maker managed to decorate the oklad in a specific restrained archaic way. As a result,
the icon embodies a decorous matching of tradition and innovation.
Condition: painting without restoration, deformations across the relief of the oklad, soldering on the upper side.