A FINE RUSSIAN ICON, GURIANOV WORKSHOP, MOSCOW C. 1900. Comprising a very fine Russian icon of Saint Vasily (Basil), Gurianov workshop, Moscow circa 1900. Here is shown Vasily depicted outside the Kremlin walls with the Kremlin Cathedrals shown behind the brick outer wall including the Ivan the Great bell tower. Vasily looks upward towards Christ who is seen in the heavens blessing Vasily who holds his right hand in the blessing position favored by the Old Believers. The abbreviated and condensed gilt inscription on the upper border identifies him as “The Holy Fool and Wonderworker Vasily of Moscow.” It is this saint for whom the widely recognized multi-colored swirled top Cathedral in Red Square is named after. The textual basis for "Holy Fools" is I Corinthians 3:18 "Let no man deceive himself. If any among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise." The stylized clouds, foreground and gradiated shaded background are all typical of icons produced in the best Moscow workshops by iconographers trained in the village of Mstera and characteristic of icons emanating from the workshop of noted iconographer Vasily Pavlovich Gurianov (1867-1920). A very fine icon in an excellent state of original preservation. 10.5 inches x 8.8 inches (27 x 22.5 cm).

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