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ARCHANGEL GABRIEL

Icon with water-gilding on linden wood. Icon painting that employs the most suitable colors and application of egg-tempera paints. Water-gilding with gold leaf 24K.

The most important reference to the Archangel Gabriel occurs in the Annunciation of the Theotokos, where he announces to her that she will give birth to the Saviour. His memory is celebrated on the 8th of November.

Reference ST-AN-008

DIMENSIONS ( cm )

19 x 35

€500.00

Icon with water-gilding on natural linden wood. The wood has been prepared in heat and gilded with gold leaf 24K, in accordance with traditional Byzantine techniques. The icon has been painted with egg-tempera paints for best performance and endurance of colors used. The colors were chosen based on studies and analyses of older icons by renowned iconographers, after ARTIS had first conducted conservation treatments on them.

In Hebrew, the name Gabriel has many meanings, but the most important among them are “man of God” and “brave man of God”. It is he who announces the good news to the Virgin Mary that she will conceive a son without seed and give birth to Christ the Saviour. The Archangel Gabriel also appeared to Zachariah and announced that his wife, Elizabeth, would conceive and give birth to John the Baptist. Lastly, it was he who appeared to Daniel and explained the vision that he had seen of the kings of the Medes, Persians and Greeks. His memory is celebrated on the 8th of November.

Reference ST-AN-008