A RUSSIAN ICON OF ST. ANTHONY THE ROMAN IN THE 17TH CENTURY STYLE. Here Anthony is depicted standing on a rock as it is washed out to sea in the year 1105. He holds in his hands a building symbolic of the monastery he founded in the Novgorod region of Russia where he is said to have landed. In the upper left corner is the image of the Mother of God and the infant Christ. The borders overlaid with gilded repousse copper basma. 11.75 inches x 9.5 inches (30 x 24.5 cm).

Based on the old panel, construction, and unusual craquelure, it would seem possible that this icon was produced during the early Soviet period and sold through one of the commission shops instituted to sell items so as to obtain hard currency. It is well-known that these shops employed master iconographers and restorers for the purpose of restoring old icons for sale and in some cases, utilizing old materials on which to execute newly painted icons produced in the old style.

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