ST. NICHOLAS THE MIRACLE WORKER OF MYRA

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ST. NICHOLAS THE MIRACLE WORKER OF MYRA
RUSSIAN, MARK OF JAKOV FEDOROVITCH MISCHUKOV (MOSCOW), 1894
THE PANEL SIGNED BY MIKHAIL IVANOVICH DIKAREV, DATED 1894
The elongated figure of the saint, depicted frontally, full-length, blessing and supporting the Gospels with his veiled hand, his expressive face rendered delicately, his opulent vestments executed with great precision, on the upper border a representation of the Mandylion, the silver-gilt oklad with elaborate cloisonné enamel, the reverse with a silver and champlevé enamel plaque, inscribed with the following dedication to the Tsar: 'To his Royal Highness the Emperor Nikolay Alexandrovich, from the Society of Moscow Old Believers Accepting Priesthood, 1894' 12 3/8 x 10¼ in. (31.5 x 26 cm)

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Lot Essay

Mikhail Ivanovich Dikarev was one of the most famous Russian iconographers of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was also a restorer and collector of icons. Trained in Mstera, together with Joseph Semenovich Chirikov and Vasily Pavlovich Guryanov, he worked for the emperor Nicholas II and the Imperial family. Chirikov and Dikarev executed a series of icons for the Marble Palace in St. Petersburg, comparable to this lot. Such an example is the panel of St. Fyodor from the collection of the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (inv.no. ERZh-2517, illustrated above).

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