Novgorod School, 17th century
A Russian icon depicting St. Anthony of Rome standing in the front with his monastery in the back. Tempera on wood panel with kovcheg. Novgorod School, early 17th century. 31.5×27 cm.
The hagiographic account of the life of St. Anthony of Rome was only known since the second half of the 16th century. It claims that Anthony was born in Rome and became an Orthodox monk there. After the persecution of Eastern Orthodox believers started, he left the city and made a home at the seashore. Once, when he was standing on a stone and praying, a storm started, lifted the stone and in two days moved it along the sea to the city of Novgorod. Anthony, who did not speak Russian, was informed by a Greek merchant that he was in Novgorod, met with St. Nikita, the bishop of Novgorod, and obtained a permission to found the monastery at the site this stone arrived at the shore.
Provenance: Acquired in Russia before 1946 by the Norwegian Commercial Attaché in Moscow Einar Krane (1885–1958) and his Russian wife Ekaterina Krane (1885–1974). Thence by descents until today.
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Russian art & icons, 1 December 2017