SEHR SELTENE UND SEHR FEINE IKONE MIT DEM NIZÄNO KONSTANTINOPOLITANISCHEN GLAUBENSBEKENNTNIS
A VERY RARE AND VERY FINE ICON: A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE NICENE CREED GLAUBENSBEKENNTNIS Russian, Palekh, 19th century Russland, Palech, 2. Hälfte 19. Jh. Tempera on wood panel. Executed in fine detail on a gold ground. The prayer rendered allegorically over 16 compartments, each one illustrating a verse: auf Kreidegrund, partielle Vergoldung. 35,2 x 30,5 cm. Die Ikone illustriert teils in I believe in one God, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible. Miniaturmalerei ausgeführte Ikone größter Seltenheit. Textliche Grundlage ist: Ich glaube And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages; eingeborenen Sohn, den aus dem Vater Geborenen vor aller Zeit. Licht vom Lichte, wahrer Light of Light, true God of true God, begotten, not created, of one essence with the Father through Whom all things were made. herabgestiegen, er hat Fleisch angenommen durch den Heiligen Geist aus Maria, der Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary and became man. wiederkommen in Herrlichkeit, Gericht zu halten über Lebende und Tote, und seines Reiches He was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered and was buried; And He rose on the third day, according to the Scriptures. Auferstehung der Toten und das Leben der zukünftigen Welt. Amen. Kleinere Farbaufwölbungen He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father; And He will come again with glory to judge the living and dead. His kingdom shall have no end. And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Creator of life, Who proceeds from the Father, Who together with the Father and the Son is worshipped and glorified, Who spoke through the prophets. In one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the age to come. The figures portrayed with elongated proportions, the backgrounds showing cliffs and elegant buildings, painted with bright colours and gold for highlighting the details. Minimal losses, minimally restored. 35.2 x 30.5 cm.