Late 18th-Century Double-Sided Romanian Icon, Three Holy Hierarchs & The Baptism Of Christ Gentle with his reputation well established

with his reputation well established

there exists a room with a version of this displayed as part of an overall interior

he was described as “the comrade of many artists

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Late 18th-Century Double-Sided Romanian Icon, Three Holy Hierarchs & The Baptism Of Christ Gentle with his reputation well establishedThis intriguing late 18th century double sided Romanian icon depicts the Three Holy Hierarchs & the baptism of Christ. Its a fascinating survivor. Rendered in tempera and gold leaf on a wooden panel, double sided icons, such as this from around 1790, were often suspended from liturgical polycandela (candelabras) and swung by the clergy. They were popular in Orthodox churches, such as those in the Balkans and Greece. On one side, we see the Three Holy