SCARCE RUSSIAN ICON ALL-SEEING EYE OF GOD, 19TH C. Comprising an interested and complex icon depicting at center Christ Emmanuel placed atop a sun with four eyes, above him the Mother of God, and above further still God the Father. The corners with symbols of the Four Evangelists in roundels. According to tradition, this icon signifies not only the incarnation of Christ, but also the mind and perpetual watchfulness of God that, like the sun, illumines all the land. The entire image overlaid with a finely crafted repousséd and chased silver-plated riza. 13.5 inches x 10.5 inches (34 x 26.5 cm).
SCARCE RUSSIAN ICON ALL-SEEING EYE OF GOD, 19TH C. Comprising an interested and complex icon depicting at center Christ Emmanuel placed atop a sun with four eyes, above him the Mother of God, and above further still God the Father. The corners with symbols of the Four Evangelists in roundels. According to tradition, this icon signifies not only the incarnation of Christ, but also the mind and perpetual watchfulness of God that, like the sun, illumines all the land. The entire image overlaid with a finely crafted repousséd and chased silver-plated riza. 13.5 inches x 10.5 inches (34 x 26.5 cm).
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