Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added Raymond Desvarreux was the son

Raymond Desvarreux was the son of the American painter James Desvarreux-Larpenteur

it depicts a young woman sitting and writing a letter

The interior of the chest is fitted with a candle till having a hinged lid decorated with incised carving

As a student at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

he was apprenticed in Rome to Niccolò Pomarancio and adopted Pomaranancio's post Michelangelo Mannerist style

Antique 19th Century Russian Icon Egg Tempera Gilded St. Pelagia St. James 1860 Recently Added Raymond Desvarreux was the sonAn antique 19th Century Russian Orthodox hand painted egg tempera & gilded icon of Saint Pelagia and Saint James, circa 1860. This very fine antique Russian icon is painted in the academic style rather than the more stylized Byzantine style. Painted with egg tempera on limewood, depicting two saints, each titled in cyrillic script. The border having raised gilded and polychrome geometric and floral decoration. The quality of the painting and gilding