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SAINT AGGELINA
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. Application of hand-engravings (tsoukaniko).
Saint Angelina Arianiti-Komnina is a Saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church and was the wife of the Despot of Serbia, Stefan Branković. After the death of her husband in exile, she moved to the city of Kupinovo, There, the Saint become a nun, in which state she continued until the end of her life in 1516. Her memory is honoured on the 10th of December.
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. Application of hand-engravings (tsoukaniko).
Saint Angelina Arianiti-Komnina is a Saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church and was the wife of the Despot of Serbia, Stefan Branković. She was born in Scodra in 1434, daughter of George Arianiti-Komneni and Maria Mouzaka. After the Ottoman conquest of Serbia in 1457, she and her family went through what is today Albania and then to Italy out of fear of the Ottomans. After the death of her husband in exile, the family devolved into poverty. With the help of the king of Hungary, they moved to the city of Kupinovo, where they brought the remains of her husband, which were said to be incorrupt. While there, the Saint become a nun, in which state she continued until the end of her life in 1516. Her memory is honoured on the 10th of December.