Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Paintings Michigan on January 11

Michigan on January 11

The large globular baluster shaped vase is raised on a stepped flared foot

academic style

York Art Gallery

Baer had exhibited at the Avant-Garde Gallery Jeune Peinture in Paris before leaving to live on the island of Ibiza from 1934-36 with his wife

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Paintings Michigan on January 11An antique 19th Century Russian Orthodox hand painted egg tempera & gilded icon of Saint Pelagia and Saint James, circa 1860. This very fine antique Russian icon is painted in the academic style rather than the more stylized Byzantine style. Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration. The quality of the painting and gilding