The ancient icon which is said to be the work of the evangelist Luke was taken in 455 from Jerusalem to Constantinople, and from there to Kiev. Prince Vladimir presented it to the inhabitants of Novgorod when they became Christians. After Ivan the Terrible had subdued Novgorod, he took the icon with him to Moscow as booty in 1571.
Size: 27 x 35 cm●
This icon is richly decorated with gold leaf, and the border is also beautifully executed with gold assist. The clothes of the Mother of God differ from those most commonly depicted. The Christ-child already has a somewhat older facial expression. The nimbuses of mother and child are richly decorated. The icon is kept in St Catharine’s Monastery on Sinai.
Size 27 x 35 cm ●
The Trinity is an illustration derived from the Old Testament, Genesis 18:1-5. The picture shows three angels around the table. They represent the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Sometimes Abraham and Sarah are also depicted.
Size: 28 x 35 cm ●
This icon of the Trinitywas painted according to the New Testament. Lucas 22 verse 69, “But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God.”. Seated right is the Father, on a seraph throne. And left of him, Christ, holding the gospel book in his left hand and the Cross with his right. In the four corners, gospel symbols are pictured. Matthew as a winged human, Marcus as the lion, John as the eagle and Lucas as the bull.
Size: 27 x 35 cm.
This icon is also known as the Feast of Abraham.
The original icon was donated by Abbot Simion of the Holy Trinity Monastery near Veliko Turnovo.
This archetypal icon was painted in 1708 by the painters Kosta and Tsonyo.
Size: 28 x 37 cm. ●
On this triptych the Wisdom of God (in Greek: ‘Hagia Sophia’) is personified in the image of a woman sitting on a throne. She has angel’s wings and holds a sceptre and staff in her hands.
To the left is the Mother of God with a diskos bearing the image of Christ Immanuel. To the right stands John the Precursor holding an open scroll in his hand.
Above the Hagia Sophia is Christ Pantokrator, and above him six angels and an empty throne on which rests an evangeliary.
Size: 58 x 37 cm.
Tears of Mercy
‘Whether the pain is physical or emotional, White Tara will listen and offer succour to all those who bear their misfortunes with dignity’
Size: 46 x 49cm ●
Radiant Tara is made from pure energy, pure light. It is a part of her miraculous nature that she appears, that she speaks – even if it is straight to your soul – and she makes her presence felt.
Size: 46 x 49cm ●
The two similar-looking angels are richly clothed in red and green tunics with an embellished over-garment. They hold a messenger staff in their right hand.
The original icon is kept in the Monastery of Saint Catherine on the Sinai Peninsula.
Size: 20 x 24 cm●
The Gruzinskaya is virtually a mirror image of the Mother of God Jerusalimskaya.
It is probably a Byzantine replica of the latter, which was most recently found in Georgia where it was known as the Georgian or Iberian Mother of God. The oldest Gruzinskaya dates from around 1360 and was moved shortly afterwards to Moscow, where the replicas have become just as well loved as in Georgia.
Size: 28 x 35 cm. ●