ST. SERGEI AND ST. GERMAN

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

In this miniature icon St. Sergei Radonezhskii and St. German, Archbishop of Kazan stand facing each other on two hillocks, one brown the other mint green, with cinnamon-pink hills in the background. Each is dressed in monastic habits and holds an unfurled scroll. The remains of a sunburst running diagonally across St. German's figure is visible on the now tarnished gold ground. A triple filenka of brown, cinnamon and white frames the icon.

Object name:

ST. SERGEI AND ST. GERMAN

Made from:

Tempera on wood

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

1900-1917

Size:

6.6 × 5.4 cm (2 5/8 × 2 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

54.51

Class:

ICON

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION above the saints' heads: "PR SERGII" "PR GERMAN"

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973