Icon of St. Sergius of Radonezh; gold-washed silver frame and halos; five standing figures with buildings in background; three angels top center; tempera and gesso on wood; height 30.5 cm, width 23.8 cm.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Sergiev-Posad, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Verbatim coll. place:
'Zagorsk'; Russia
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
before 1909
Materials:
Metal and Silver (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Icons (devotional images)
Function:
5.1 Religion and Divination: Objects and garb associated with practices reflecting submission, devotion, obedience, and service to supernatural agencies
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #30: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (November 12, 1975–February 4, 1976)