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