Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added he was apprenticed in Rome

he was apprenticed in Rome to Niccolò Pomarancio and adopted Pomaranancio's post Michelangelo Mannerist style

and received a gold medal there in 1848

As a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Pascin painted his surroundings and friends

the sconces having circular posts that connect to the domed top shade fitter with a knopped finial

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added he was apprenticed in RomeAn antique 19th Century Russian Orthodox hand painted egg tempera & gilded icon of Saint Pelagia and Saint James, circa 1860. This very fine antique Russian icon is painted in the academic style rather than the more stylized Byzantine style. Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration. The quality of the painting and gilding