AN ICON 'SAINT HERMOGENES, PATRIARCH OF MOSCOW' IN A SILVER OKLAD

Central Russia, late 19th century Oklad: silver, chasing, engraving, gilding goldsmith's hallmark in Cyrillic 'A.E.'; silver hallmarks '84' oil on wood 31 x 26 cm Condition: Good, patina on the oklad During the Troubles, Patriarch Yermogen was the spiritual leader and protector of Orthodox Russia against foreigners. It was he who appointed Mikhail Romanov as the first of the reigning House of Romanov.