hand-painted icons and altarpieces
Helen McIldowie-Jenkins
Icons for Sale
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Icons of the Theotokos
Belozerskaya
42 x 28 x 2.5 cm
£620 plus p&p
For Sale. Copy of the 'Theotokos of Byelo-Zersk', a 13th c. Russian icon in the Novgorodian style. A 'Virgin of Tenderness' or Umilenie variant. Rebated wooden panel (Kovcheg) with silver leaf background.
Kardiotissa
40 x 30 x 1.8cm
£575 plus p&p
For Sale. Copy of 17th c. Greek icon 'Mother of God Kardiotissa' (i.e., of the heart) - a variant of the 'Sweet Kissing' or Glykophilousa type, where the Christ Child playfully and lovingly embraces His Mother. Popular Cretan icon. 24 ct burnished water gilding.
Vladimirskaya
30 x 25 x 1.8cm
£300 plus p&p
For Sale. After a Russian 18th c. icon of the Virgin of Vladimir archetype. The Virgin supports Christ on her right arm in a loving embrace and is of the type known as the Virgin of Tenderness where the faces of Mother and child touch. (Rus. Umilenie)
Madonna of the Stars
30 x 22.5 x 1.8cm
£375 plus p&p
SOLD. Copy of a panel painting done in the 'Greek style' (maneira greca) 1484 from the Basilca Dei Sc. Maria e Donati, Venice. The Virgin holds her hand in the ancient gesture of prayer (orant). Her blue mantle becomes a cloth of heaven, decorated with stars.
Mixed technique; tempera underpainting with oil glazes, burnished water gilding and punched halo decoration.
Korsunskaya Effeskaya Icon
32.5 x 25.5 x 3 cm (12¾” x 10”)
£380 plus p&p
The icon is a modern copy of a Russian icon of unknown date, however extant variants from the 17th – 19th c are related to the Black Sea region and are latterly associated with preserving Odessa during the Crimean War. Tradition frequently attributes this Mother of God of Tenderness type (Rus: Umilenie) to St. Luke and that the original was brought to Kiev from the town of Korsun (Kherson) by Great Prince Vladimir, c 988. Painted as an illustration in Judith Dupre's book At Home with the Mother of God.
Mdf (wood composite panel). Egg tempera. 24 ct burnished water-gilt halo.
Saints and Angels
Archangel Gabriel
37 x 20 x 1.8 cm
£350 plus p&p
For Sale. Copy of 15th c. Russian (Novgorodian) image of the Archangel Gabriel from a seven-icon Deisis (altarpiece) in which all the saints and angels incline in supplication towards the central figure of Christ Enthroned.
Tempera on panel with polished yellow bole background and water-gilded halo.
Rublev Trinity Detail
20 x 12.5 x 1.8cm
£150 plus p&p
SOLD. Detail of left-hand Angel from Saint Andrei Rublev's Holy Trinity icon. This Angel possibly representing the Paraclete.
Tempera on panel, halo gilded with 'moongold'.
St Joseph
20 x 15 x 1.8 cm
£90 plus p&p
SOLD. Original design. Saint Joseph, husband of the Virgin, is shown bringing two sacrificial doves to the Temple in accordance with the Jewish rite of Purification following the birth of a child.
Tempera on panel. Water-gilded halo, mordant gilded background.
Three Maries
20 x 12.5 x 1.8cm
£65 plus p&p
SOLD. Detail of the ‘Swooning Virgin’ from the apron of the 13th c Italian painted crucifix attributed to the Master of St. Francis, National Gallery, London (No 6361).The grief stricken Virgin collapses upon seeing her crucified son die upon the cross and supported by the two other Maries.
St Catherine of Siena
38 x 25.5 x 1cm
£300 plus p&p
For Sale. Based on the 14th c. fresco portrait at San Domenico, Siena. Saint Catherine (1347 - 1380) is an important 14th c. Italian female saint, whose piety and devotional practices led to profound visionary experiences and great acts of charity which were inspired by her devotion to emulate the humanity of Christ. A Tertiary of the Dominican order, Catherine's visions included her mystic marriage with the Christ Child and the experience of receiving the Stigmata. She was also politically active in supporting the Papacy during the Great Schism.
Tempera on panel.
St Thomas Becket
22 x 11 x 1.8 cm
£130 plus p&p
SOLD. Image inspired by the 12th c. apsidal mosaic in Monreale Cathedral, Sicily. Incised water-gilded background. St Thomas holds a model of Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk, one of the many monastic foundations dedicated to him in England after his martyrdom.
