Miniature icon of the Mother of God of KAZAN.
Tempera on wood, under mica leaf.
In its superb 84 zolotniks (875 ‰) vermeil oklad decorated with cloisonné polychrome enamels, the nimbus finished with natural fine pearls.
Good condition.
Moscow, 1889.
Goldsmith Pavel OVCHINNIKOV, with mark of Supplier to the Imperial Court.
On the back a gilt plate engraved in Russian 6 September/1889/St.
Petersburg.
This date most probably commemorates the transformation into a cenobitic convent of the Golitsyne House in Moscow, dedicated to the Mother of
God, by the Synod of St. Petersburg (see History).
Height : 5,2 cm - Length : 4,9 cm
Gross weight : 53,72 g
History :
In 1856, Princess Alexandra GOLITSYNE (1831-1900) - founder of the Russian Society of the Sisters of Mercy, patron and benefactor - established in her Moscow family estate a church of the Mother of
God Joy of All the Afflicted. From 1865, a shelter for pilgrims and itinerant nuns and a hospital for women were added. The Golitsyne convent continued to grow until, on September 6, 1889, the Most Holy Synod in St. Petersburg granted it official status as a Cenobitic Female Monastery. In 1929, almost all the monastic buildings were destroyed, only the facade of the Church of the Savior
can still be seen on Novoslobodskaya Street in Moscow.
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