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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1930.58
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Saint Barbara
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Icon with silver case
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
icon
Date
1765
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Russia, Moscow
Culture
Russian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231563

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Tempera and gesso on wood, with repoussé silver casing
Dimensions
6.3 x 4.9 x 0.4 cm (2 1/2 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
silver cover: 7 x 5 x 0.4 cm (2 3/4 x 1 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: lower edge of cover, stamped: B dot A [= unknown master, 1760-1794; see #2084 from Postnikova-Loseva, Platonova, and Ulianova, "L'Orfèverie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss." Moscow: Edition "NAUKA" , 1983]
  • manufacturer's mark: lower edge of cover, stamped: St. George slaying the dragon in silhouette over 1765 [= Moscow mark; see no. 1977 in Postnikova-Loseva, Platonova, and Ulianova, "L'Orfèverie et la Bijouterie au XV-XX ss." Moscow: Edition "NAUKA" , 1983]
  • manufacturer's mark: lower edge of cover, stamped: [backward R dot O with horizontal line through it]
  • manufacturer's mark: lower edge of cover, stamped: [oval with a triangle or A inside?]
  • inscription: verso of panel, red pencil, handwritten: 1158
  • inscription: verso of panel, center, blue pencil, handwritten: 500 / C. CO.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Philip M. Lydig, Purchased in Russia, 1917, Bequest to Fogg Art Museum, 1930.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Philip M. Lydig
Accession Year
1930
Object Number
1930.58
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Impressed and incised metal overlay, with cutaway sections for painted faces to show through from icon underneath. Wood, gessoed and painted; painted surface lost except for a 4 cm. section at l.r. Loop to hang. Theme indiscernible.

Verification Level

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